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)
No inherited descendant
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.
Forms are written in IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet: one symbol, one sound. Stressed syllables carry ˈ. Dates are approximate and given only where the handbooks agree. 24 word journeys.