500s

Catalan words from Latin words first recorded in the 6th century

3 Catalan words inherited from a Latin word whose earliest known written record dates from the 6th century, earliest Latin record first.

1. carregar

   507–511

   from Latin carrico

   It is inherited from Late Latin carricō (“to load a cart”), formed on Latin carrus (“wagon”). The Late Latin verb is first attested in the Lex Salica; Corominas finds it in the Visigothic laws and…

2. drap

   530–570

   from Latin drappus

   It is inherited from Late Latin drappus (“cloth; rag”), a word not found in Classical Latin and first recorded in the 6th century. The same Late Latin word is Occitan drap, French drap, Italian…

3. celler

   533

   from Latin cellarium

   It is inherited from Latin cellārium (“storeroom, larder”), formed from cella (“storeroom, chamber”) with the suffix of place -ārium. The same Latin word is French cellier, Old Occitan celier…

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