Reconstruction:Latin/captiare
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From captus (“captured, caught”) + -iāre.
Its early existence is hinted at by the Late Latin captiōsus (“intent on hunting”), attested in the sixth century CE.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*captiāre (Proto-Romance)
- to hunt
Reconstruction notes[edit]
- /p/ is not reconstructible from the descendants.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: (a)cãtsari
- Romanian: agăța, acăța
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Unsorted:
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*captiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 328
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) chapter 847, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page regazo