sappinus

== Latin == === Etymology === From a combination of Gaulish *sappos (“fir tree”) and pīnus (“pine tree”). The Gaulish word is from Proto-Celtic *sakʷos (“fir”), related to Welsh sybwydd (“fir”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos, related to Lithuanian sakai (“resin”), Latvian sweki (“resin”), and Proto-Slavic *sokъ (“juice, resin”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sapˈpiː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sapˈpiː.nus] === Noun === sappīnus f (genitive sappīnī); second declension A type of fir. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: sapí French: sapin Italian: zappino Piedmontese: sap, sapin Sardinian: opinu, obinu → Arabic: شَبِّين (šabbīn) === References === "sappinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) University of Chicago Press (1918): Modern Philology, Volume 15