wacta

Latin

Alternative forms

wagta, waita, gaita, guaita, gueta, gueta

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *wahta (“watch, guard duty, watchtower”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwar.da/

Noun

warda f (genitive wardae); first declension[1][2]

(Middle Latin) watch, guard duty
(Middle Latin) patrol area
(Middle Latin) watchtower, lookout

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	warda	wardae
Genitive	wardae	wardārum
Dative	wardae	wardīs
Accusative	wardam	wardās
Ablative	wardā	wardīs
Vocative	warda	wardae

Descendants

Catalan: guaita
Old French: waite, guaite f, gait m
- Middle French: guette f, guiet m
  - French: guette f, guet m
    - Haitian Creole: gèt
- Picard: gueû (Athois)

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “wacta”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 118
wacta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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