aviola

Latin

Etymology

From avia (“grandmother”) +‎ -ola (diminutive ending). Attested in AD 711.

Noun

aviola f (genitive aviolae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. grandmother

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aviola	aviolae
Genitive	aviolae	aviolārum
Dative	aviolae	aviolīs
Accusative	aviolam	aviolās
Ablative	aviolā	aviolīs
Vocative	aviola	aviolae

Descendants

• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: aiuele
    • Middle French: ayeulle
      • French: aïeule
  • Occitan: aujòla
• Ibero-Romance: (via a depalatalized variant */aˈβɔːla/)
  • Aragonese: agüela
  • Asturian: güela, buela
  • Mirandese: abó
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: avoa
    • Galician: avoa
    • Portuguese: avó
  • Spanish: abuela (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *aviolum (“grandfather”) (see there for further descendants)