Reconstruction:Latin/alenitare
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From an older *an(h)ēlitāre, from anhēlitus (“breath”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix). Alternatively, from alēnō + -itāre, the former a late metathetic variant of Classical anhēlō (“breathe”).
The metathesis that moved /l/ leftwards may in part be due to the synonym halāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*alēnitāre (Proto-Western-Romance)
- to breathe
Reconstruction notes edit
The remarkable variation in Gascon appears to reflect variation in the intervocalic loss of /n/ vis-à-vis syncope of the second /e/, some contamination from Catalan and Spanish, and contact with the French haleter.
Descendants edit
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References edit
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “alentar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 142
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*anhēlĭtare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 581