-crum

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See also: crum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-klom by long distance dissimilation of /l..l/ > /l...r/. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom. Although the Proto-Indo-European suffix had a variant with *r (*-trom, the ancestor of Latin -trum), the /k/ in -crum indicates that it comes from *tlom, since Proto-Indo-European *t was regularly changed to *k in Italic before *l, but not before *r. Based on the form of Umbrian ehvelklu 'decretum', the dissimilation to /r/ that created the form -crum postdates Proto-Italic.[1] Compare -āris, a dissimilated allomorph of -ālis.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-crum n (genitive -crī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of -culum (used only when /l/ occurs earlier in the word)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative -crum -cra
genitive -crī -crōrum
dative -crō -crīs
accusative -crum -cra
ablative -crō -crīs
vocative -crum -cra

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -crum

References

  1. ^ The Proto-Indo-European Instrument Noun Suffix *-tlom and its Variants, Birgit Anette Olsen, 1988. §6.5 page 31
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