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the converse of soppellire; imbriacare (mod. pop., for ub- 
(b)riacare), and numerous other forms of this word, obsolete 
and modern, are merely briaco, the aphetized form from 
ebriacu-, made into a verb with in- (cf. English inebriate), 
whence the numerous other nouns, adjectives, etc.; astuccio, 
whatever its derivation, seems to be a confusion of prefix (cf. 
French etui) ; eccecare (in the Boezio) is not a confusion of 
EX- for AD-, but from Classic Latin excaecare, whereas Ital¬ 
ian acceccare has probably been made anew from cieco ; avorio 
(from eburiu-) should be iv-, but was contaminated, perhaps 
by the preposition, perhaps by other words of similar begin¬ 
ning,—cf. avaro, avanti, etc. 10 ; trafoglio(lo) (peasant, =tri- 
foglio) is confused with the Italian prefix tra-; so travertino, 
“specie di tufo,” from tiburtinu-, from Tibur 11 . Alimento 
(Fr. da Barberino), for elemento, is perhaps only a confusion 
of meaning 12 ; trapestio, for trepestio 13 . 
28. Analogy. —Here are comprised analogical formations, 
popular etymologies, crossings, and the like.—Ciascuno, from 
*cisque (from quisque) -unu-, influenced by cada; gialladina, 
gialladia, for gelatina, apparently by analogy with giallo; 
malinconia, for melanconia, by analogy with male; punienxa, 
in the sense of penitenza, is confused with punire in form; 
uscire, from exire, crossed with ostium 1 ; usciame, for sciame, 
confused with uscire; aspettatore, aspettacolo, in the sense of 
spettatore, etc., confused with aspettare; battifredo, influenced 
by battere 2 ; eclizia (in Cellini), “girasole,” from clizia, Latin 
10. Cf. inverno, which has also avoided the initial iv-; no Italian word 
has-initial iv-, except ivi, a literary word with accented first syllabi©. 
11. Cf. Sienese tevertino; there is also a dialect from trevetlno. 
12. Possibly abreo (HEBRAEU-) also belongs here; but cf. M.-L., 
Ital. Gram., §§137-138. 
13. Cf. treppello, §42. The etymology of trepestio is itself evidently 
a confusion of treppicare, etc. (cf. German treppen, Eng. trip), and 
pestare. 
§28. Note 1. See §61 note 2. 
2. Germanic bergfrid, “watch-tower”; cf. the Oxford Dictionary, sub 
belfry: ”... Eng. forms berefreid, berfreit . . . barfray 
. . . belfray . . . adapted from Old French berfrei, belfrei, beffrol, 
pointing to a late Latin type berefredus, from berefrfdus. . . . 
The . . . r to 1 by dissimilation (cf. pilgrim, palfrey) . . . 
anal, of bell helped acceptance of belfry.” The Italian form bettifredo 
eeems to be a transition form. 
