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Aromanian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *circus bibit, literally, ‘ring that drinks’ (from bibere "to drink"), late variant of arcus bibit ‘rainbow’ (also cras pluit); compare Franco-Provençal arcboit, arboè, Ladin arcobuàn, Campanian arcovevere.[1]
Noun
curcubeu m (plural curcubei)
- rainbow
References
- ^ M. Alinei, "Tradizioni popolari in Plauto: «bibit arcus» (Curculio 131)", Lares 58 (1992), 333-40, cited in Remo Bracchi, Nomi e volti della paura nelle valli dell'Adda e della Mera (Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 2009), 45: n.28.
Romanian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin circus bibit (literally “ring that drinks”), from bibere (“to drink”), late variant of arcus bibit (“rainbow”) (also crās pluit); compare Franco-Provençal arcboit, arboè, Ladin arcobuàn, Neapolitan arcovevere.[1]
Noun
curcubeu n (plural curcubeie)
- rainbow
Declension
References
- ^ M. Alinei, "Tradizioni popolari in Plauto: «bibit arcus» (Curculio 131)", Lares 58 (1992), 333-40, cited in Remo Bracchi, Nomi e volti della paura nelle valli dell'Adda e della Mera (Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 2009), 45: n.28.