faluppa

Forms

faluppa f (genitive faluppae); first declension^[1]

Etymology

The origin is unexplained.^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is known from one gloss, which explains quisquiliae as “the tiniest bits of chaff or small twigs, which they call faluppae”.^[2][3][4]

Semantic evolution

Köbler glosses it as chaff, straw waste, small chips, and so a trifle,^[1] and Du Cange simply as “chaff”.^[5] The word lived on in Romance: the TLL points to Italian faloppa and its relatives,^[3] and the DMLBS traces Old French frepier, a dealer in old clothes, to an unattested ⟨*faluppa⟩.^[6]

Meanings

Noun

1. (usually plural) chaff, straw waste; tiny twigs or chips.^[2][1][5]
2. A trifle.^[1]

Usage notes

Landgraf proposed to read stupulas in place of faluppas in this gloss.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
2. ^ a b c Goetz, Georg (1888–1923), Corpus glossariorum Latinorum, Leipzig: Teubner; vols. VI–VII Thesaurus glossarum emendatarum, digital ed. CGLO, Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
3. ^ a b c Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ Novum Glossarium Mediae Latinitatis ab anno DCCC usque ad annum MCC (1957–), Copenhagen / Geneva / Paris: Union Académique Internationale; IRHT
5. ^ a b du Cange, Charles du Fresne, et al. (1883–1887), Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed. by Léopold Favre, Niort: L. Favre
6. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press