Reconstruction:Latin/tragare

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

Possibly from Doric Greek τράγω (trágō), in which case cognate with Attic Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “to eat, to swallow”). Alternatively, Coromines suggests an origin ultimately in dracō (“dragon”), via an attested tracō (“underground cavern”), in the sense of "that which swallows [things] up".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traˈɡar/, (?) /d-/

Verb

*tragāre (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. to devour
2. to swallow

Descendants

• Catalan: tragar, dragar
• Aragonese: tragar
• Asturian: tragar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: tragar
  • Galician: tragar
  • Portuguese: tragar
• Spanish: tragar