Still refers to a measure of land in some dialects (TLFi: "journal").
Nasalization came from an /n/ that was added in Middle French under the influence of CL monstrare (TLFi: "montrer").
The substitution of /p/ for intervocalic /v/ may be a phonoaesthetic change inspired by onomatopoeia for the flapping of a butterfly's wings (TLFi: "papillon").
It did, however, mean 'sword' in Old Franco-Provençal (TLFi: "glaive").
The expected outcome would have been /ʁɛm/. The modern form appears to have taken its initial vowel from the original diminutive rameau, where the /a/ was unstressed and hence did not change to /ɛ/ (TLFi: "rame").
Back-formation from OFr. plural /veˈrus/ < earlier /veˈruʎts/ (TLFi: "verrou"). The expected outcome of the singular /veˈroʎ/ would have been */vɛʁuj/, cf. fenouil < *fenúclu.
/s/ is a remnant of the Latin prefix ex- (Dexonline: "schimb").
Initial consonant probably taken from Latin perdix, 'partridge' (Dexonline: "potârniche").
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A verb based on the noun biastemmia, from Latin blasphemia. The modern form of the verb, bestemmiare, was possibly influenced by bestia 'animal' (Treccani: "bestemmiare").
In Modern Italian redine has been reinterpreted as a singular noun (albeit still feminine) with a new analogical plural redini (Treccani: "redine").
