nepta

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nepeta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencia)

Noun

nepta f (plural neptes)

catnip
Synonyms: herba gatera, menta de gat

Further reading

“nepta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“nepta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Noun

nepta f (genitive neptae); first declension (Late Latin)

Alternative form of neptia

Descendants

Dalmatian:
- niapta (“niece”)
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: netta
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: néta ⇒ net
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: ñeta, nieta ⇒ ñetu, nietu
- Mirandese: nieta ⇒ nieto
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
  - Galician: neta ⇒ neto
  - Portuguese: neta ⇒ neto
- Spanish: nieta ⇒ nieto

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nĕptia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 97

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