avunculus

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Latin

Etymology

    By surface analysis, avus +‎ -unculus. Actually from an n-stem noun suffixed with -culus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂-on-, a dialectal diminutive of *h₂éwh₂ō (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one’s father”) (whence also Proto-Celtic *awontīr (“uncle”) and possibly Proto-Germanic *awô (“grandfather”), from *h₂éwh₂os (“older male relative”)), whence also avus (“grandfather”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    avunculus m (genitive avunculī); second declension

    1. maternal uncle, mother's brother
    2. mother's sister's husband
    3. great-uncle

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative avunculus avunculī
    genitive avunculī avunculōrum
    dative avunculō avunculīs
    accusative avunculum avunculōs
    ablative avunculō avunculīs
    vocative avuncule avunculī

    Descendants

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
    2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “avus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66

    Further reading

    • “avunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “avunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "avunculus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • avunculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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