racimus

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Latin

Etymology

From Classical Latin racēmus. The reason for the vowel discrepancy is unclear. Attested in the second half of the sixth century in the works of Gregory the Great and in various glosses thereafter.[1]

Noun

racīmus m (genitive racīmī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. Alternative form of racēmus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative racīmus racīmī
genitive racīmī racīmōrum
dative racīmō racīmīs
accusative racīmum racīmōs
ablative racīmō racīmīs
vocative racīme racīmī

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: racimolo
    • Neapolitan: racimo (Abruzzo)
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: raïm
    • Franco-Provençal: resim
    • Old French: raisin (see there for further descendants)
    • Occitan: rasim
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1985) “racimo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 746