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Reconstruction:Latin/pollicata

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 pollic- (“thumb”) +‎ -āta (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /polleˈɡaːda/

Noun

*pollicāta f (Proto-Western-Romance)

unit of length based on the human thumb

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/polleˈɡaːda/	*/polleˈɡaːdas/
oblique	*/polleˈɡaːda/	*/polleˈɡaːdas/

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: pollegada (regional)
- Old Occitan: polgada
Ibero-Romance:
- Portuguese: polegada
- Spanish: pulgada
  - →? Galician: pulgada

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “pulgar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 686

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