Reconstruction:Latin/caimare

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 Classical Latin cremāre, apparently blended with the Byzantine Greek κάϊμα (káïma, “burning”, often used in medical contexts; from the verb καίω (kaíō)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kai̯ˈmar/

Verb

*caimāre (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. to burn

Descendants

• Old Galician-Portuguese: queimar
  • Galician: queimar
  • Portuguese: queimar
    • Guinea-Bissau Creole: kema
    • Kabuverdianu: kema
    • Papiamentu: kima
• Old Leonese: queimar
  • Asturian: quemar, queimar
  • Leonese: queimare
  • Mirandese: queimar
• Old Spanish: quemar
  • Ladino: kemar
  • Spanish: quemar
• Navarro-Aragonese: quemar
  • Aragonese: quemar (Ansó)

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “quemar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 714