accattari

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accaptāre. Compare Neapolitan accattà, Italian accattare, and French acheter.

Conceivably borrowed from Old Norman acater, but more likely inherited; cf. the Sardinian accattare, attested in early texts.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akkatˈtari/
  • Hyphenation: ac‧cat‧tà‧ri

Verb

accattari

  1. to buy, to purchase

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*accaptare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 68