falvus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *falwaz. Attested from the ninth century CE.[1]

Adjective

falvus (feminine falva, neuter falvum); first/second-declension adjective (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. dun (colour)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: falu
    • Italian: falbo (archaic)
    • Neapolitan: falbo (Capitanata)
    • Sicilian: falbu
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*falwa-”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page 108