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Reconstruction:Latin/miraculum
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This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Latin
Etymology
From mīrārī (“gaze at”) + -culum (instrumental noun-forming suffix). Not to be confused with the Classical Latin mīrāculum (“marvelous thing, miracle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈrai̯lu/
Reconstruction notes
Per the etymology, one would expect a neuter noun. All of the descendants, however, appear to be masculine, which makes the existence of, say, a plural *mīrācula uncertain.
Descendants
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 675: “nello specchio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1634: “miroir” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
- “mirall” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “mirare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 410
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “mīrari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 155
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