Reconstruction:Latin/excadere

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 ex- +‎ cadĕre and its Late Latin variant cadēre.

Compare the Classical equivalent excidĕre, showing historic vowel reduction of /a/.

Eventually surfaces in thirteenth-century Medieval Latin as excadere, a borrowing from Romance or internal formation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ɪ)sˈkadere/, /(ɪ)skaˈdere/

Verb

*excadē̆re (Proto-Romance)

  1. (literally) fall out
  2. (by extension) happen
  3. (by extension) decline, diminish

Derived terms

Descendants

From *excadĕre:

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Sicilian: scàdiri
  • Gallo-Romance:

From *excadēre:

References

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