Reconstruction:Latin/altiare

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From altus (“high”) +‎ -iāre (factitive verb-forming suffix). Displaced Classical altāre.

Eventually borrowed from Romance into Medieval Latin as altiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈtʲare/

Verb

*altiāre (Proto-Romance)

1. to hoist

Derived terms

• *inaltiāre
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: analtsu
    • Megleno-Romanian: nalts
    • Romanian: înălța
  • Italo-Western Romance:
    • Italian: innalzare
    • Old French: enhaucier
    • Occitan: enauçar

Descendants

• Dalmatian:
  • alzur
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: alzà
  • Italian: alzare
    • → Sardinian: altzare, altzai
  • Neapolitan: aizà
  • Sicilian: auzari, ausari
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: alçâ
  • Lombard: alzà
  • Piedmontese: aussé
  • Romansch: ozer, uzer, auzar
  • Venetian: alsar, alçar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: alçar
  • Old French: haucier (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: auçar, nauçar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: alzar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: alçar
    • Galician: alzar
    • Portuguese: alçar
  • Old Spanish: alçar
    • Ladino: alsar
    • Spanish: alzar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*altiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 365