Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kupiō

This Proto-Italic 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.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kup-yé-ti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwep-.

Verb

*kupiō first-singular present indicative

  1. to desire, to want

Conjugation

Inflection of *kupiō (third conjugation)
Present *kupiō
Perfect
Aorist
Past participle
Present indicative Active Passive
1st sing. *kupiō *kupiōr
2nd sing. *kupies *kupiezo
3rd sing. *kupiet *kupietor
1st plur. *kupiomos *kupiomor
2nd plur. *kupietes *kupiem(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *kupiont *kupiontor
Present subjunctive Active Passive
1st sing. *kupiām *kupiār
2nd sing. *kupiās *kupiāzo
3rd sing. *kupiād *kupiātor
1st plur. *kupiāmos *kupiāmor
2nd plur. *kupiātes *kupiām(e?)n(ai?)
3rd plur. *kupiānd *kupiāntor
Perfect indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Aorist indicative Active
1st sing.
2nd sing.
3rd sing.
1st plur.
2nd plur.
3rd plur.
Present imperative Active Passive
2nd sing. *kupie *kupiezo
2nd plur. *kupiete
Future imperative Active
2nd + 3rd sing. *kupietōd
Participles Present Past
*kupients
Verbal nouns tu-derivative s-derivative
*kupiezi

Reconstruction notes

One of the perfect forms of cupiō, cupīvī, and the forms cupīdō and cupīsco indicate that the original Proto-Italic form may have been *kup-ī-. It is also possible that the term cupidus derives from this alternative reconstruction.

Descendants

  • Latin: cupiō

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