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Latin
Etymology
Onomatopoeic most likely, based on būbō (“owl”). Possibly explainable as a borrowing from a non-Latin Italic substrate, or from Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos, “eagle owl”).
Alternatively subject to a dissimilation of the /b/ also found in Latin būbalus > Italian bufalo; Latin bubulcus > Italian bifolco. Compare also Latin terrae tuber > Italian tartufo.
Attested in a late gloss.[1]
Noun
būfus m (genitive būfī); second declension (Late Latin)
- owl
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- ^ Lindsay, Wallace Martin. 1894. The Latin Language: An Historical Account of Latin Sounds, Stems and Flexions. Clarendon Press. Page 80.