Reconstruction:Latin/captiare

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 captus (“captured, caught”) +‎ -iāre.

Its early existence is hinted at by the Late Latin captiōsus (“intent on hunting”), attested in the sixth century CE.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /katˈtʲare/

Verb

*captiāre (Proto-Romance)

  1. to hunt

Reconstruction notes

  • /p/ is not reconstructible from the descendants, which suggests an early assimilation.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “847”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page regazo
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