Reconstruction:Latin/attitiare

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 ad- +‎ tītiō (“firebrand”) +‎ -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /attiˈtʲare/

Verb

*attītiāre (Proto-Romance)

1. to stoke, kindle

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: ațâța
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: attizzare
  • >? Neapolitan: azzizzare (Calabria)
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: attittare
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: atiar
  • Old French: atisier
    • French: attiser
  • Occitan: atisar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: atizar
  • Portuguese: atiçar
  • Spanish: atizar

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “attitiare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 50