Reconstruction:Latin/incalciare
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From in- + calce- (“heel”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix). For the semantic development, cf. the English expression hot on one's heels.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*incalciāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Descendants[edit]
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: incalzare
- North Italian:
- Piedmontese: ancaossè
- Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: encalçar
- Old French: enchaucier (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: encalsar, encausar
- Ibero-Romance:
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭncalciare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 617