wantus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === guantus, gantus === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *wantu (“glove”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwan.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈwan.tus] === Noun === wantus m (genitive wantī); second declension (Medieval Latin) glove ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Old French: gant, gaunt Middle French: gant French: gant ⇒ Old French: gantelet, gauntletFrench: gauntlet, gantlet→ Middle English: gauntelet, gantelet, gauntletEnglish: gauntletYola: gauntletès (plural)→ Spanish: guantelete Iberian: Old Leonese: guante Asturian: guante Leonese: guante Portuguese: guante Spanish: guante Italian: guanto Old Occitan: gant, gaunt Catalan: guant Occitan: gant Ladin: guant Piedmontese: guant Sicilian: nguantu → Old High German: wantus, guantus, vantus, wanta === References ===