amarellus

Latin

Etymology

From amārus (“bitter, sour”) +‎ -ellus (diminutive ending). Sense development perhaps via the description of those suffering a disease of the biles. First attested in an Iberian document dated to 919.[1]

Pronunciation

(Proto-Ibero-Romance) IPA^(key): /amaˈrɛllu/ (amarellum)

Adjective

amārellus (feminine amārella, neuter amārellum); first/second-declension adjective (Early Medieval Latin)

yellowish, pale

Declension

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Descendants

Aragonese: amariello
Old Leonese: *amariellu
- Asturian: mariellu, amariellu
- Leonese: mariellu
- Mirandese: amarielho
Old Galician-Portuguese: amarelo
- Galician: amarelo, marelo
- Portuguese: amarelo
Old Spanish: amariello
- Spanish: amarillo

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “amarillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 233

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[1] Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “amarillo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 233