Reconstruction:Latin/exferra
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Latin
Etymology
Deverbal of *exferrāre (“to unshoe (a horse)”), from ex- + ferrum (“iron, (Proto-Romance) *horseshoe”) + -āre.
Pronunciation
Noun
*exferra f (plural *exferrās) (Proto-Italo-Romance)
- exhausted horseshoe, the old horseshoe after it is removed from the hoof of a horse (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- an old rusty knife without handle
Descendants
Further reading
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 980: “la lama del coltello” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it