Reconstruction:Latin/pulvus

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

Reassignment of the Classical pulvis m to the neuter gender.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpʊlβʊs/

Noun

*pulvus n (plural pulvera) (Proto-Romance)

dust, powder

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: pous ⇒ pousiere
  - French: poussière
    - Haitian Creole: pousyè
  - Norman: poussière
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: pols ⇒ polsera
- Gascon: pov ⇒ povas (Comenges)
- Occitan:
  Languedocien: pols, polsa
  
  Provençal: poussa
  
  Vivaro-Alpine: pòussa
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: polvu
- Old Galician-Portuguese: poo (with loss of /β/ preceding loss of /l/)
  - Galician: po
  - Portuguese: pó (see there for further descendants)
- Old Spanish: polvos
  - Spanish: polvo

References

Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “polvo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 599
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “pŭlvis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 570