- λαμπάς
abajur < Fra. abat-jour New Year's Eve
Nochevieja < Lat.
noctis +
veclus < vetūlus
Reveillon < Fra.
Reveillon frisson escalofrío < Lat. + prefix...
- hac 'this' + hora. old
vetus OFr. viet, Sp. viedo, OPt. vedro, It.
vieto veclus Fr. vieux, Occ. vièlh, Cat. vell, Sp. viejo, Pt. velho, It. vecchio, Ro...
- bl kl ɡl/.
Syncope in TUL
resulted in /kl/, as in
VETULUS > Late
Latin VECLUS. Post-pausal or post-consonantal. Most
commonly word-initial, even more...
- meaning, as in
Italian capo "head",
alongside testa);
vetus "old" >
vetulus >
veclus (Dalmatian vieklo,
Italian vecchio,
Portuguese velho, etc.).
Sometimes augmentative...
- Old Spanish, [x] modern):
muliere 'wife' > muller,
oricla 'ear' > orella,
veclu 'old' > vell. Cf.
Spanish mujer, oreja,
viejo (but
Portuguese mulher, orelha...
