OCULUM → ojo · œil · occhio
Spoken Latin squeezed OCULUM to oclu; then each sister softened the cl its own way: Spanish pushed it to the back of the throat, French dissolved it into a glide, Italian doubled the k and kept a y, Portuguese and Catalan stopped at the palatal l (olho, ull), and Romanian kept only a softened k (ochi).
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OCULUM
‘eye’
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Spoken Latin squeezed OCULUM to oclu; then each sister softened the cl its own way: Spanish pushed it to the back of the throat, French dissolved it into a glide, Italian doubled the k and kept a y, Portuguese and Catalan stopped at the palatal l (olho, ull), and Romanian kept only a softened k (ochi).
Le forme sono scritte in AFI, l’Alfabeto Fonetico Internazionale: un simbolo, un suono. Le sillabe toniche sono segnate con ˈ. Le date sono approssimative e indicate solo dove i manuali concordano. 24 viaggi di parole.