larix Latin · revision 6107

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɫa.rɪks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈlaː.riks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''larix''' ''f'' (genitive laricis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a loanword from an unknown language, with the common plant suffix -ic-.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) The OLD and Köbler suggest a Gaulish or Alpine source.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)^(Etymonline) Walde and Hofmann proposed that it continued [[ine-pro|*dr-u-|t=tree]] in the source language, which de Vaan calls gratuitous.^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary derives it from [[grc|λάριξ|tr=lárix|t=larch]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Vitruvius, who treats it as masculine.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the larch tree, described by Pliny the Elder and Lucan.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) It is feminine, like most tree names, but masculine in Vitruvius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It survives in Italian ''larice''.^(Wiktionary) Through Old High German and German ''Lärche'' it is the source of [[en|larch]], first recorded in 1548, and it is the botanical name of the genus.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder describes the tree.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1548 – English ''larch'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|larch]] tree.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|larch]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}