Reconstruction:Latin/altiare
Latin
Etymology
From altus (“high”) + -iāre (factitive verb-forming suffix). Displaced Classical altāre.
Eventually borrowed from Romance into Medieval Latin as altiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈtʲare/
Verb
*altiāre (Proto-Romance)
- to hoist
Derived terms
- *inaltiāre
Descendants
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: alzà
- Italian: alzare
- → Sardinian: altzare, altzai
- Judeo-Italian: אַלְצַארֵי (ʔaləṣaʔre /alzare/)
- Neapolitan: aizà
- Sicilian: auzari, ausari
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*altiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 365