Reconstruction:Latin/coleutus

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From cōleus (“testicle”) +‎ -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix). Cf. Vulgar Latin *barbūtus ⇔ Classical Latin barbātus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈlʲutʊs/

Adjective

*cōleūtus (feminine *cōleūta, neuter *cōleūtum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Romance)

Alternative form of cōleātus (“betesticled, not castrated”)

Related terms

cōleō

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Sicilian: cugliutu (obsolete)
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: cozudu, colludu
  - → Italian: cogliuto
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: coillu
  - Middle French: couillu
    - French: couillu
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: collut
- Occitan: colhut
Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: colludo
- Portuguese: colhudo
- Spanish: cojudo

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “cojón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 131

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