asinus
Pronunciation: [ˈa.sɪ.nʊs]
“asinus” is a Latin word. Its 4 meanings in English:
noun
adjective
Etymology
Unknown; perhaps borrowed from a substrate language in Asia Minor. Compare Luwian [script needed] (tarkasna) and Sumerian 𒀲 (anše). The lack of rhotacism of the intervocalic /s/ (which would have yielded the form *arinus) suggests that the word must have been borrowed after the 4th century BCE, when this phonetic shift became unproductive.
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