Reconstruction:Latin/contigire

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 contingere, apparently rebuilt around preterite inflections such as contigit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konteˈjir/

Verb

*contigīre (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. to happen

Descendants

• Catalan: acontegir (Valencian)
• ⇒ Navarro-Aragonese: contexer
• Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]
  • Galician: acontecer
  • Portuguese: acontecer
• Old Spanish: contir, cuntir ⇒ contesçer
  • ⇒ Spanish: acontecer

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “acontecer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 39