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falena (through *fa(/3)illena> fa’lena, a reduction of second¬ 
ary AI, -see §85), folena and fulena (through *fau(i)llena) 3 ; 
Fetonte, 3 from Phaetonte-, 4>ae'0wj/; Laumedonte, for Laome- 
donte; so Maumettista (Machiavelli), for Maomettista 
(Medieval Latin Mahometus, Mahumetus, Machumetus) ; so 
faumele (and favomele, =“favo* di miele,” “honey-comb”), 
from favus mellis 4 . The etymon West Indian or South 
American mahagoni (English mahogany, -also written in Eng¬ 
lish mohogeney in 167:1'; Linnaeus mahagoni) is uncertain; 
the Italian forms are mogano, magogano, mogogano, mogogon, 
—all modern. 
48. Epenthesis. —Of A: in calabrone (=“sorta di ves- 
pone”), for *clabrone (not found in Petrocchi), from crabrone 
(Bembo), from crabrone- (Virgil, et al., ==“homet.”) :1 . 
49. Influence of a Following E.—There are a few cases 
where A before E has weakened to E 1 . Smeraldo, from sma- 
ragdu-; cherovana, for caravana 2 ; seracino, for saracino; 
guemire, guernitura, guernizione, sguemire, etc., for guarnire, 
etc., from *warnjan: guerire, etc., for guarire, from warjan; 
mercare (in the Montagna pistoiese), for marcare; ferale 
(=“fanale”), probably from <£dpo?; gerrettiera, for giarrettiera, 
from French jarretiere; gheretto (peasant and illiterate), for 
garetto (cf. French jarret) ; gherofano (peasant), for garo- 
3. Cf. M.-L., Gram. d. L. R., II, §451: “-enus, -ena .... c’est & 
peine si -enus, -ena pent etre considere comme un suffixe ... On 
n’en est que plus surpris de trouver, en roman, quelques forme's nou- 
velles: . en toscan, folena (sans doute de favilla . . .).” 
Palena, fo-, and fu- are all modern; see §78. For the single L, cf. 
colni, bulicare, puledro, balestra. Favalena is also found,—assimila¬ 
tion of vowels. On these words, see Caix, Studi, No. 323, and Flechia, 
AG II 341. Falena (“pesce”) is, of course, from <£d Xaau; —cf. Latin 
balaena. Fetonte, mispronunciation of Latin se? 
4. Favomele (obsolete), remained for a time, by influence of favo, 
which has the same meaning and is still a modern word. 
§48. Note 1. According to M.-L., Ital. Gram., §145, epenthesis of A 
exists also in palanca, for planca; but the word seems to come from 
palanga, for phalanga (cf. French palan(gue), and see Grbber, ALL 
IV 426. From planca, there is the Italian plancia, a French borrow¬ 
ing, which is an obsolete military term, and in Piedmont, pianca. See 
also Caix, Studi, p. 183. 
§49. Note 1. This development is common in other unaccented posi¬ 
tions,—see M.-L., Ital. Gram., §§119, 129. 
2. The O in cherovana, because of the labial V,—Persian karwan, 
Med. Latin carvana, caravanna, caravenna. 
