Reconstruction:Latin/expinctum

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

Past participle of *expingere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˈpɪŋtu/

Participle

*expinctus (feminine *expincta, neuter *expinctum); first/second-declension participle (Proto-Romance)

1. pushed, shoved

Reconstruction notes

The feminine yielded several nouns in Romance.

Related terms

• *impinctum

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: spinto, spinta
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: ispinta, spinta
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: espainte
    • Picard: épinte (Abbeville)
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: espent
    • ⇒ Catalan: espenta
  • Occitan: espinta (St-André), espenta (northern)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: espenta ⇒ espenton

References

• “espenta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*expĭngĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 310