PLĒNUM → lleno · plein · pieno
The ie of Italian pieno is not a diphthong of the e but the ghost of Latin l; Spanish fused the same pl- into ll and Portuguese into ch (cheio), while French, Romanian and Catalan kept pl- — French nasalizing the vowel, Catalan dropping the n (ple), Romanian raising the e to i before it (plin).
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PLĒNUM
‘full’
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
The ie of Italian pieno is not a diphthong of the e but the ghost of Latin l; Spanish fused the same pl- into ll and Portuguese into ch (cheio), while French, Romanian and Catalan kept pl- — French nasalizing the vowel, Catalan dropping the n (ple), Romanian raising the e to i before it (plin).
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.