{"id":377,"date":"2019-04-29T15:26:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/historyoftheromancelanguages2019\/?p=377"},"modified":"2019-05-05T01:58:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T01:58:00","slug":"etymological-comment-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/historyoftheromancelanguages2019\/2019\/04\/29\/etymological-comment-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Etymological Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>PHONETIC ANALYSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cESPERIT\u201d [esperit]<br \/>\nStressed syllable: penultimate -per-<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cSPIRITUS\u201d [spiritus]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cESPRIT\u201d [\u025bsp\u0281i]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">SPIRITUS &gt; ESPIRIT [espirit] after addition of a prosthetic \u201ce\u201d and complete lenition of the fricative alveolar voiceless \u201cs\u201d [s] and deletion of the high back \u201cu\u201d [u] of the final syllable.<br \/>\nESPIRIT &gt; ESPERIT [esperit] (Middle French in text) after regular vowel evolution of short high front \u201ci\u201d [\u01d0] to mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e].<br \/>\nESPERIT &gt; ESPRIT [\u025bsp\u0281i] after syncope of mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] in the penultimate syllable, regular vowel evolution of word initial mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] to mid-low front \u201ce\u201d [\u025b], and complete lenition of word final voiceless laminal denti-alveolar stopped \u201ct\u201d [t].<\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cMONSTRER\u201d [monstrer] (infinitive of \u201cMONSTRE\u201d)<br \/>\nStressed syllable: ultimate -strer<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cMONSTR\u0100RE\u201d [monstr\u0101re]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cMONTRER\u201d [m\u0254\u0303t\u0281e]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">MONSTR\u0100RE &gt; MONSTRER [monstrer] (Old French in text) after regular vowel evolution of long low center \u201ca\u201d [a] to mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] and word final mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] is deleted.<br \/>\nMONSTRER &gt; MONTRER [m\u0254nt\u0281e] after regular vowel evolution of mid-high back \u201co\u201d [o] to mid-low back \u201co\u201d [\u0254] and complete lenition of the fricative alveolar voiceless \u201cs\u201d [s].<br \/>\nMONTRER &gt; MONTRER [m\u0254\u0303t\u0281e] after nasalization of mid-low back \u201co\u201d [\u0254] plus the alveolar nasal consonant \u201cn\u201d [n].<\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cPUEPLE\u201d [pw\u00f8pl\u0259]<br \/>\nStressed syllable: penultimate \u201cpue-\u201d [pw\u00f8-]<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cPOPULUS\u201d [populus]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cPEUPLE\u201d [p\u0153pl]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">POPULUS &gt; POPLU [poplu] after syncope of the high back \u201cu\u201d [u] in the penultimate syllable and deletion of word final fricative alveolar voiceless \u201cs\u201d [s].<br \/>\nPOPLU &gt; POPLE [popl\u0259] after word final high back \u201cu\u201d [u] yields the mid-high central \u201ce\u201d [\u0259].<br \/>\nPOPLE &gt; PEUPLE [p\u00f8pl\u0259] after regular vowel evolution of the long mid-high back \u201co\u201d [o] to the rounded mid-high near front \u201ceu\u201d [\u00f8].<br \/>\nPEUPLE &gt; PUEPLE [pw\u00f8pl\u0259] (Old French in text) after metathesis and diphthongization of the mid-high near front \u201ceu\u201d [\u00f8] to \u201cue\u201d [w\u00f8].<br \/>\nPUEPLE &gt; PEUPLE [p\u0153pl] after elimination of word final mid-high central \u201ce\u201d [\u0259] and transition of \u201cue\u201d [w\u00f8] to \u201ceu\u201d [\u0153].<\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cAYMER\u201d [aymer] (infinitive of \u201cAYME\u201d)<br \/>\nStressed syllable: ultimate \u201c-mer\u201d [mer]<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cAM\u0100RE\u201d [am\u0101re]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cAIMER\u201d [eme]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">AM\u0100RE &gt; AMER [amer] after deletion of word final \u201ce\u201d [e] and regular vowel evolution of the long low center \u201ca\u201d [a] in the ultimate syllable to mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e].<br \/>\nAMER &gt; AYMER [aymer] (Middle French in text) after addition of the high front rounded \u201cy\u201d [y] in the penultimate syllable.<br \/>\nAYMER &gt; AIMER [eme] after regular vowel evolution of the high front rounded \u201cy\u201d [y] to unrounded high front \u201ci\u201d [i] and complete lenition of word final voiced alveolar approximant \u201cr\u201d [r] (though the grapheme remains).<\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cFORS\u201d [fors]<br \/>\nStressed syllable: (monosyllabic; Latin stressed syllable is \u201cfo-\u201d [fo-])<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cFORIS\u201d [for\u012bs]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cHORS\u201d [\u0254\u0281]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">FORIS &gt; FORS [fors] (Middle French in text) after syncope of the high front \u201ci\u201d [i] in the ultimate syllable.<br \/>\nFORS &gt; HORS [hors] after lenition of the fricative labio-dental \u201cf\u201d [f] to the voiceless glottal fricative \u201ch\u201d [h].<br \/>\nHORS &gt; HORS [\u0254\u0281] after complete lenition of the voiceless glottal fricative \u201ch\u201d [h] and the word final fricative alveolar voiceless \u201cs\u201d [s] (though both graphemes remain).<\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cCHASTEAU\u201d [\u0283\u0251sto] (singular of \u201cCHASTEAULX\u201d)<br \/>\nStressed syllable: ultimate \u201c-teau\u201d [to]<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cCASTELLUM\u201d [kastellum]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cCH\u00c2TEAU\u201d [\u0283\u0251to]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">CASTELLUM &gt; CHASTEL [\u0283astel] after deletion of the ultimate syllable and palatalization of the voiceless velar stopped \u201cc\u201d [k] to the fricative postalveolar voiced \u201cch\u201d [\u0283].<br \/>\nCHASTEL &gt; CHASTEAU [\u0283asto] after deletion of the word final voiced velar lateral approximant \u201cl\u201d [l] and evolution of the mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] to mid-high back \u201ceau\u201d [o].<br \/>\nCHASTEAU &gt; CH\u00c2TEAU [\u0283\u0251to] after elision of the fricative alveolar voiceless \u201cs\u201d [s] in the penultimate syllable and addition of an accent on the low center \u201ca\u201d [a] to indicate the former presence of the \u201cs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cBIEN\u201d [bj\u1ebdn]<br \/>\nStressed syllable: (monosyllabic; Latin stressed syllable is \u201cbe-\u201d [be-])<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cBENE\u201d [bene]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cBIEN\u201d [bj\u025b\u0303]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">BENE &gt; BIENE [bj\u1ebdne] after diphthongization of mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] to the \u201cie\u201d [je] diphthong and nasalization of this diphthong, yielding \u201ci\u1ebd\u201d [je].<br \/>\nBIENE &gt; BIEN [bj\u1ebdn] after loss of the word final mid-high front vowel \u201ce\u201d [e].<br \/>\nBIEN &gt; BIEN [bj\u025b\u0303] after regular vowel evolution of the nasal mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [\u1ebd] to the nasal mid-low front \u201ce\u201d [\u025b\u0303].<\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cCLER\u201d [kler]<br \/>\nStressed syllable: (monosyllabic; Latin stressed syllable is \u201ccla-\u201d [kla])<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cCL\u0100RUS\u201d [kl\u0101rus]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cCLAIR\u201d [kl\u025b\u0281]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">CL\u0100RUS &gt; CLER [kler] (Old French in text) after regular vowel evolution of the low center \u201ca\u201d [a] to mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] and deletion of the high back \u201cu\u201d [u] and the fricative alveolar voiceless \u201cs\u201d [s] in the ultimate syllable.<br \/>\nCLER &gt; CLAIR [kl\u025b\u0281] after regular vowel evolution and grapheme change of the mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] to mid-low front \u201cai\u201d [\u025b].<\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cVIE\u201d [vie]<br \/>\nStressed syllable: penultimate \u201cvi-\u201d [vi]<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cV\u012aTA\u201d [v\u012bta]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cVIE\u201d [vi]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">VITA &gt; VIA [via] after complete lenition of the intervocalic voiceless alveolar stopped \u201ct\u201d [t].<br \/>\nVIA &gt; VIE [vie] (Old French in text)after regular vowel evolution of the low center \u201ca\u201d [a] to the high-mid front \u201ce\u201d [e].<br \/>\nVIE &gt; VIE [vi] after the loss of word final high-mid front \u201ce\u201d [e], though the grapheme remains.<\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cCAR\u201d [ka\u0281]<br \/>\nStressed syllable: (monosyllabic; stressed Latin syllable is \u201cqua-\u201d [kwa-])<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cQU\u0100R\u0112\u201d [kware]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cCAR\u201d [ka\u0281]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">QU\u0100R\u0112 &gt; QUER [kwer] (Old French) after loss of word final mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] and regular vowel evolution of low center \u201ca\u201d [a] to mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e].<br \/>\nQUER &gt; CAR [ka\u0281] (Middle French in text) after lenition of the voiced labio-velar approximant \u201cu\u201d [w], grapheme change of \u201cq\u201d [k] to \u201cc\u201d [k], and irregular vowel change of the mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] to low center \u201ca\u201d [a].<\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cMIRACLE\u201d [mirakle]<br \/>\nStressed syllable: \u201c-ra-\u201d [-ra-]<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cM\u012aR\u0100CULUM\u201d [m\u012br\u0101kulum]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cMIRACLE\u201d [mi\u0281akl]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">M\u012aR\u0100CULUM &gt; MIRACLU [miraklu] after syncope of the high back \u201cu\u201d [u] in the penultimate syllable and complete lenition of word final bilabial nasal \u201cm\u201d [m].<br \/>\nMIRACLU &gt; MIRACLE [mirakle] (Old French in text) after word final high back \u201cu\u201d [u] yields mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e].<br \/>\nMIRACLE &gt; MIRACLE [mi\u0281akl] after word final mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] is lost, though the grapheme remains.<\/p>\n<p>Word in text: \u201cQUOY\u201d [kwa]<br \/>\nStressed syllable: (monosyllabic)<br \/>\nLatin etymon: \u201cQUID\u201d [kwid]<br \/>\nModern French: \u201cQUOI\u201d [kwa]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">QUID &gt; QUI [kwi] after complete lenition of the voiced linguolabial stopped \u201cd\u201d [d].<br \/>\nQUI &gt; QUOY [kwa] after regular vowel evolution and diphthongization of the high front \u201ci\u201d [i] to the diphthong \u201coy\u201d [wa].<br \/>\nQUOY &gt; QUOI [kwa] after grapheme change of \u201cy\u201d [i] to \u201ci\u201d [i].<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>VERBAL MORPHOLOGY ANALYSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M\u014cNSTRAT (Latin) [m\u014dnstrat] &gt; MONSTRE (Old French word in text) [monstre] &gt; MONTRE (modern French) [m\u0254\u0303t\u0281]<br \/>\nThe present-tense third person singular form of the Latin verb \u201cmonstr\u0101re,\u201d \u201cm\u014dnstrat\u201d [m\u014dnstrat], undergoes complete lenition of the word final voiceless alveolar stop \u201ct\u201d [t]. It also undergoes regular vowel evolution in which word final low center \u201ca\u201d [a] becomes mid-high near front \u201ce\u201d [e]. This gives us the Old French word in the text, \u201cmonstre\u201d [monstre]. The voiceless alveolar fricative \u201cs\u201d [s] is deleted. Word final mid-high near front \u201ce\u201d [e] is deleted in pronunciation, though the grapheme remains. The mid-high back \u201co\u201d [o] undergoes regular vowel evolution and yields the nasal mid-low near back \u201co\u201d [\u0254\u0303], giving us the Modern French \u201cmontre\u201d [m\u0254\u0303t\u0281].<\/p>\n<p>CR\u0112D\u0112RE (Latin) [kr\u0113d\u0113re] &gt; CROIRE (Old French word in text) [krware] &gt; CROIRE (Modern French) [k\u0281wa\u0281]<br \/>\nThe infinitive form of the Latin verb \u201ccr\u0113d\u0113re\u201d undergoes syncope of the penultimate syllable \u201cde\u201d [de], yielding \u201ccrere\u201d [krere]. The long mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] in the penultimate syllable diphthongizes to \u201coi\u201d [wa] according to regular vowel evolution, yielding \u201ccroire\u201d [krware], the Old French word in the text. The word final mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] is deleted, though the grapheme remains and is no longer pronounced, giving us the Modern French \u201ccroire\u201d [k\u0281wa\u0281].<\/p>\n<p>AMAT (Latin) [amat] &gt; AYME (Middle French) [ayme] &gt; AIME (Modern French) [\u025bm]<br \/>\nThe third person singular form of the verb \u201cam\u0101re,\u201d \u201camat,\u201d undergoes deletion of the word final voiceless alveolar stop \u201ct\u201d [t]. The low center \u201ca\u201d [a] in the ultimate syllable undergoes regular vowel evolution and becomes mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e]. The high front rounded \u201cy\u201d [y] is added to the penultimate syllable, giving us \u201cayme\u201d [ayme], the Middle French word in the text. The word final mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] undergoes complete lenition, though the grapheme remains. The high front rounded \u201cy\u201d [y] undergoes regular vowel evolution and becomes high front unrounded \u201ci\u201d [i]. The word initial low center \u201ca\u201d [a] evolves to mid-low near-front \u201ca\u201d [\u025b], giving us the Modern French \u201caime\u201d [\u025bm].<\/p>\n<p>FACERE (Latin) [fakere] &gt; FAIRE (Old French) [fare] &gt; FAIRE (Modern French) [f\u025b\u0281]<br \/>\nThe infinitive form of the Latin verb \u201cfacere\u201d undergoes syncope of the penultimate syllable and the grapheme \u201ci\u201d is added, giving us the Old French word in the text, \u201cfaire\u201d [fare]. The word final mid-high \u201ce\u201d [e] undergoes complete lenition, though the grapheme remains. The low center \u201ca\u201d [a] evolves to a mid-low near-front \u201ca\u201d [\u025b], giving us the Modern French \u201cfaire\u201d [f\u025b\u0281].<\/p>\n<p>SUNT (Latin) [sunt] &gt; SONT (Old French) [sont] &gt; SONT (Modern French) [s\u0254\u0303]<br \/>\nThe third person plural form of the Latin verb \u201cesse,\u201d \u201csunt,\u201d undergoes regular vowel evolution as the high back \u201cu\u201d [u] becomes mid-high back \u201co\u201d [o], giving us the Old French word in the text, \u201csont\u201d [sont]. The vowel then evolves into the mid-low near-back \u201co\u201d [\u0254], which becomes nasalized [\u0254\u0303] due to the presence of the linguolabial nasal consonant immediately after it. The word final voiceless linguolabial stop \u201ct\u201d [t] undergoes complete lenition, though the grapheme remains, leaving us with the Modern French \u201csont\u201d [s\u0254\u0303].<\/p>\n<p>APPELLAT (Latin) [apelat] &gt; APPELLE (Old French) [apele] &gt; APPELLE (Modern French) [ap\u025bl]<br \/>\nThe third person singular form of the Latin verb \u201cappell\u0101re,\u201d \u201cappellat,\u201d undergoes complete lenition of the word final voiceless alveolar stop \u201ct\u201d [t] and regular word final vowel evolution of the low center \u201ca\u201d [a] to the mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e], giving us the Old French word in the text, \u201cappelle\u201d [apele]. The mid-high front vowel \u201ce\u201d [e] undergoes regular vowel evolution and becomes the mid-low near-front \u201ce\u201d [\u025b]. The word final mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] undergoes complete lenition, though the grapheme remains, giving us the Modern French \u201cappelle\u201d [ap\u025bl].<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>NOUN AND ADJECTIVE MORPHOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Old French in text: \u00ab Et sa belle vie, par foy \/ Monstre qu&#8217;elle est de Dieu en grace \u00bb<br \/>\nModern French: \u00ab Et, en v\u00e9rit\u00e9, la beaut\u00e9 de sa vie montre qu\u2019elle a la gr\u00e2ce de Dieu \u00bb<br \/>\nThe Old French word in the text, \u201celle\u201d [ele], is derived from the Latin feminine singular third person pronoun \u201cilla\u201d [ila]. The word final low center \u201ca\u201d [a] undergoes regular vowel evolution and becomes the mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e]. The word initial high front \u201ci\u201d [i] also becomes the mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] due to regular vowel evolution, giving us \u201celle\u201d [ele]. The word final mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] undergoes complete lenition, though the grapheme remains. The word initial mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] yields the mid-low near-front \u201ce\u201d [\u025b], giving us the Modern French \u201celle\u201d [\u025bl].<\/p>\n<p>Old French in text: \u00ab A l&#8217;effect la chose est prouv\u00e9e \u00bb<br \/>\nModern French: \u00ab l\u2019effet prouve la chose \u00bb<br \/>\nThe Old French word in the text, \u201ceffect\u201d [efekt], is derived from the Latin \u201ceffectus\u201d [efektus], the perfect passive participle of \u201ceffici\u014d.\u201d The word final voiceless alveolar fricative \u201cs\u201d [s] and the high back \u201cu\u201d [u] in the ultimate syllable undergo complete lenition, giving us \u201ceffect\u201d [efekt]. The voiceless velar stop \u201cc\u201d [k] and the voiceless alveolar stop \u201ct\u201d [t] undergo complete lenition, though their graphemes remain. The mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] in the ultimate syllable evolves to the mid-low near-front \u201ce\u201d [\u025b], giving us the Modern French \u201ceffect\u201d [ef\u025b].<\/p>\n<p>Old French in text: \u00ab on a trouv\u00e9 en histoire \/ Qu&#8217;\u00e0 ce faire elle estoit commise \u00bb<br \/>\nModern French: \u00ab on a trouv\u00e9 dans des livres d\u2019histoire qu\u2019elle \u00e9tait destin\u00e9e \u00e0 accomplir cette mission \u00bb<br \/>\nThe Old French word in the text, \u201chistoire\u201d [histware], is derived from the Latin \u201chistoria\u201d [historia]. The word final low center \u201ca\u201d [a] undergoes regular vowel evolution and becomes the mid-low front \u201ce\u201d [e]. The alveolar trill \u201cr\u201d [r] and the high front vowel \u201ci\u201d [i] undergo metathesis. The mid-high back \u201co\u201d [o] and the high front \u201ci\u201d [i] diphthongize, giving us the Old French \u201chistoire\u201d [histware]. The voiceless glottal fricative \u201ch\u201d [h] undergoes complete lenition but the grapheme remains, giving us the Modern French \u201chistoire\u201d [istwa\u0281].<\/p>\n<p>Old French in text: \u00ab el pourteroit baniere \/ Es guerres fran\u00e7oises \u00bb<br \/>\nModern French: \u00ab elle porterait la banni\u00e8re dans les guerres fran\u00e7aises \u00bb<br \/>\nThe Old French word in the text, \u201cfran\u00e7oises\u201d [fr\u00e3nsojses], is derived from the Latin \u201cfranciscus\u201d [frankiskus]. The voiceless velar stop in the penultimate syllable, \u201cc\u201d [k], undergoes palatalization because it is followed by a high front \u201ci\u201d [i] and becomes the voiceless alveolar fricative \u201c\u00e7\u201d [s]. The ultimate syllable \u201c-cus\u201d [-kus] undergoes syncope and is completely eliminated. A yod \u201ci\u201d [j] is added following the mid-high back \u201co\u201d [o] and the low center \u201ca\u201d [a] nasalizes, giving us the Old French \u201cfran\u00e7ois\u201d [fr\u00e3nsojs]. To make the plural form, an \u201c-es\u201d [es] is added. The \u201co + yod\u201d becomes a mid-low near-back \u201cai\u201d [\u025b] and the word final voiceless alveolar fricative \u201cs\u201d [s] undergoes complete lenition, though the grapheme remains, giving us the Modern French \u201cfran\u00e7ais\u201d [f\u0281\u0251\u0303s\u025b]. The unpronounced \u201c-es\u201d word ending indicates that the adjective describes a noun that is feminine and plural.<\/p>\n<p>Old French in text: \u00ab Onc miracle, si com je tiens, \/ Ne fut plus cler \u00bb<br \/>\nModern French: \u00ab nul miracle ne fut plus \u00e9vident \u00bb<br \/>\nThe Old French word in the text, \u201ccler\u201d [kl\u025br], is derived from the Latin \u201ccl\u0101rus\u201d [kl\u0101rus]. The voiceless alveolar fricative \u201cs\u201d [s] and the high back \u201cu\u201d [u] undergo complete lenition. The low center \u201ca\u201d [a] undergoes regular vowel evolution and becomes the low-mid center \u201ce\u201d [\u025b], giving us the Old French \u201ccler\u201d [kl\u025br]. The vowel undergoes grapheme change, becoming \u201cai\u201d [\u025b] and giving us the Modern French \u201cclair\u201d [kl\u025br].<\/p>\n<p>Old French in text: \u00ab Hee! quel honneur au femenin \/ Sexe! \u00bb<br \/>\nModern French: \u00ab Eh ! quel honneur pour le sexe f\u00e9minin ! \u00bb<br \/>\nThe Old French word in the text, \u201cfemenin\u201d [femenin], is derived from the Latin \u201cf\u0113min\u012bnus\u201d [femininus]. The word final voiceless alveolar fricative \u201cs\u201d [s] and the high back \u201cu\u201d [u] are deleted. The high front \u201ci\u201d [i] in the Latin antepenultimate syllable (Old and Modern French penultimate) yields a mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e], giving us the Old French \u201cfemenin\u201d [femenin]. The mid-high front \u201ce\u201d [e] in the penultimate syllable reverts back to a high front \u201ci\u201d [i]. The high front \u201ci\u201d [i] in the ultimate syllable evolves to a mid-low near-front \u201ci\u201d [\u025b], which becomes nasalized [\u025b\u0303] due to the presence of the linguolabial nasal \u201cn\u201d [n]. This gives us the Modern French \u201cf\u00e9minin\u201d [femin\u025b\u0303].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHONETIC ANALYSIS Word in text: \u201cESPERIT\u201d [esperit] Stressed syllable: penultimate -per- Latin etymon: \u201cSPIRITUS\u201d [spiritus] Modern French: \u201cESPRIT\u201d [\u025bsp\u0281i] SPIRITUS &gt; ESPIRIT [espirit] after addition of a prosthetic \u201ce\u201d and complete lenition of the fricative alveolar voiceless \u201cs\u201d [s] and deletion of the high back \u201cu\u201d [u] of the final syllable. 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