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Sorry that i haven't been posting much, everyone; life hit me right after i created this community, and now i'm just keeping it alive till someone helps roll the ball with me.

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[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Latin/Romance fondness of diminutives hitting again...

What happened with the French word is a dime a dozen in Romance philology. Other cases like this are:

IT orecchia, PT orelha "ear" ← Lat. auricula "little ear"; cf auris "ear"
IT ginocchio, PT joelho "knee" ← Lat. geniculum "little knee"; cf genu "knee"
PT ovelha "sheep" ← ouicula "little sheep"; cf ouis "sheep"
IT muscolo "muscle" ← musculus "little mouse/rat"; cf mus "mouse/rat"
Lat. stella "star" ← Proto-Italic *stēr-la "little star"; cf Greek astḗr "star"
Lat. oculus "eye" ← PIE *h₃ókʷ-e-lós "little seer", "little sighter"; cf Greek ṓps "eye"

I'm listing Italian and Portuguese examples for my own convenience, but they pop up in almost every Romance language.)

[-] fxomt@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Your comments on these posts are always great, i wish i could pin them :)

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you!

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