congustia

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Latin

Etymology

From congustus (narrow) +‎ -ia (noun-forming suffix). Documented from the sixth century CE.[1]

Noun

congustia f (genitive congustiae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. defile

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Old Catalan: congoxa

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “angosto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 270