PEDEM → pie · pied · piede
Spanish, French and Italian broke the short e into ie; Italian then stopped, while Spanish and French wore the d away — French keeping it only on paper. Portuguese pé and Catalan peu never broke the vowel, and Catalan turned the d into u. Romanian lost PEDEM: its foot is picior, from a Latin diminutive.
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PEDEM
‘foot’
Classical Latin accusative (nom. PĒS)
Classical Latin accusative (nom. PĒS)
Classical Latin accusative (nom. PĒS)
Classical Latin accusative (nom. PĒS)
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Classical Latin accusative (nom. PĒS)
Spanish, French and Italian broke the short e into ie; Italian then stopped, while Spanish and French wore the d away — French keeping it only on paper. Portuguese pé and Catalan peu never broke the vowel, and Catalan turned the d into u. Romanian lost PEDEM: its foot is picior, from a Latin diminutive.
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.