Delphīnātus¹

Meaning

1. Medieval Latinthe Delphinate, Dauphiny or Dauphiné (a former province in southeastern France, centred on Grenoble)
   Continet etiam Avenionenſem ſive Veniſſæ Comitatum, qui eſt Pontificiæ ditionis, habetque ad Occidentem Linguadociam, & Rhodanum; ad Meridiem & Ortum reliquam Provinciæ partem Regi ſubjectam, interfluente Durentiâ fluvio; ad Septentrionem denique partem Delphinatus.1661, Gaspar Schott, Cursus mathematicus, page 335:

Declension

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-der. Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís)bor. Latin delphīnus Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātus Latin delphīnātus Latin Vienna Latin -ēnsis Latin Viennēnsis Latin Delphīnātus Viennēnsisellip. Latin Delphinatus Literally, “the Dauphinate”, ellipsis of Delphīnātus Viennēnsis (“the Dauphinate of Vienne”, literally “the Viennese Dauphinate”). By surface analysis, delphīnus (“dauphin”) + -ātus (suffix forming abstract nouns).

Meaning

1. Medieval Latindauphinate
   Montpenſerij Ducis auitum patrimonium, Delphinatus Aruernus1589, Renati Choppini Andegavi, unnumbered page:
   Quare ex dilecti filii Inquiſitoris hæreticæ pravitatis partium Delphinatus Viennenſis [...]1728, Collectio judiciorum, page 394:

Declension

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-der. Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís)bor. Latin delphīnus Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātus Latin delphinatus From delphīnus (“dauphin”) + -ātus (suffix forming abstract nouns).