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.
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.