Re: [tied] family ( it was a question...)

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 15:30:59 +0100, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
> wrote:
>
>> Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 1) Rom. Word "femeie" ( women) is givin as deriving from latin
>>>> "famiglia" (family)
>>>
>>> That is correct
>>
>>
>> to quote you here:
>>
>> "I had forgotten about Ita. serpe,
>> which can perhaps be explained by loss of -n in Eastern Romance"
>
> -n means "word final /n/"

In this case you cannot explain the lost of "n" in serpens.
That should mean that first "s" was lost and the last one remains "n".
Like in
serpens > serpen > serpe . In this way?
Alex