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From: Luciano Stupazzini <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Italian "moglie" < Lat. mulier?
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Status: R

>The Italian word for wife or "woman", "moglie". Is this derived from
>Latin "mulier" or "mulieris"?
>
>Stan Mulaik
>
Italian "moglie" (which actually doesn't mean "woman" but only "wife") is
from Latin "mulier".
Italian words derived from Latin third declension nouns may be from the
Latin nominative (for instance: aetas > eta'; libertas > liberta') or from
the Latin accusative (for instance artem > arte; ordinem > ordine).
As for "moglie", in Italian there is also a dialectal word "mogliera", which
is derived from tha Latin accusative "mulierem".
The Italian word for "woman" is "donna", which is, of course, from Latin
"domina".

Happy Easter to everybody.


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Luciano Stupazzini
formerly Latin and Greek teacher at Liceo Minghetti, Bologna, Italy
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