VĪTAM → vida · vie · vita
A perfect lenition ladder: Italian and Romanian kept the t, Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan softened it to d, and French softened it all the way to nothing. Romanian vită now means a head of cattle; its word for life is viață, built on the same root.
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VĪTAM
‘life’
Classical Latin accusative; V is still a w
Classical Latin accusative; V is still a w
Classical Latin accusative; V is still a w
Classical Latin accusative; V is still a w
Classical Latin accusative; V is still a w
Classical Latin accusative; V is still a w
A perfect lenition ladder: Italian and Romanian kept the t, Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan softened it to d, and French softened it all the way to nothing. Romanian vită now means a head of cattle; its word for life is viață, built on the same root.
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.