Reconstruction:Latin/uo

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 Proto-Italic *owō, itself from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew-. Cognates with Umbrian anouihimu, Latvian àut, and Lithuanian aũti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.oː/

Verb

*uō (present infinitive *uere, perfect active *uī, supine *ūtum); third conjugation

  1. to put on (clothes etc.); don.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN