aciarium

Latin

Etymology

From aciēs (“sharp point”) +‎ -ārium.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

aciārium n (genitive aciāriī or aciārī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) steel
    Synonyms: chalybs (Classical), aciāle (Northern Italy)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aciārium aciāria
Genitive aciāriī
aciārī1		 aciāriōrum
Dative aciāriō aciāriīs
Accusative aciārium aciāria
Ablative aciāriō aciāriīs
Vocative aciārium aciāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants
  • Eastern Romance:
    • >? Romanian: arcer, arcere (dialectal)[3]
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: acciaghju, acciaiu, acciaru
    • Italian: acciaio (dialectal acciaro)
      North Umbrian: acciaro, accero
    • Neapolitan: acciaro
      Apulian: azzaire, azzare, azzere
      Tarantino: azzaro
    • Old Sicilian: aczaru
  • North Italian:
    • Emilian: azär
      Modenese: azàr
    • Friulian: açâr
    • Old Lombard: azaro
      • ⇒ Lombard: pan d’ascéi (Ticino)
    • Romagnol: azêr
    • Old Venetian: açaro
      • Venetian: asaro (Cavarzere)
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • West Iberian:
    • Aragonese: acero, azero
    • Asturian: aceru
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: açeyro
      • Galician: aceiro
      • Portuguese: açeiro
        • ⇒ Portuguese: aço
    • Old Spanish: azero
      • Spanish: acero (see there for further descendants)
      • → Basque: altzairu
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: atzargiu
      Campidanese: atzraxu
      Logudorese: attardzu, attarzu
      Nuorese: attarju

References
  1. Pfister, Max, Schweickard, Wolfgang (1979-) “aciarium”, in Lessico etimologico italiano‎, volumes I: Ab—alburnus, Mainz: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, page 416.
  2. aciarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  3. Vít Boček (2010) Studie k nejstarším romanismům ve slovanských jazycích (Studia etymologica Brunensia; 9), Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 37.
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