villutus

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Latin

Etymology

From villus (hair, tuft) +‎ -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix). Attested in a gloss from the seventh century CE.[1]

Adjective

villūtus (feminine villūta, neuter villūtum); first/second-declension adjective (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. shaggy, hairy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: velluto
      Gombitelli: vejuto
      Old Lucchese: vigliuto
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vĭllūtus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 459