ruralis Latin · revision 8508

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ammianus Marcellinus|origins=la rūs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ruːˈraː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ruˈraː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rūrālis''' (neuter rūrāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[rūs]] “countryside”, stem ⟨rūr-⟩, with the suffix [[-ālis]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Ammianus Marcellinus, whom he dates about 390 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of the countryside, rural.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant rural, rustic.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it of places, country people and rural church officials.^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into Italian ''rurale'' and French and Spanish ''rural'', and through Old French it gave [[en|rural]] in the early 15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus Marcellinus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English ''rural'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of the countryside, [[m|en|rural]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[rūs]]

+ * [[rūsticus]]

+ * [[en|rural]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}