Reconstruction:Latin/albidiare

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 albus (“white”) +‎ -idiāre (verb-forming suffix).

Sense 2 is from *alba (“dawn”), also from albus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albejˈjare/

Verb

*albidiāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. turn white
2. dawn

Descendants

• Catalan: albejar
• Italian: albeggiare
• Ladin: albié, albià
• Portuguese: alvejar
• Provençal: aubejar
• Spanish: albear