Reconstruction:Latin/cavitare
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom caveō + -itāre (frequentative ending).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*cavitāre (Proto-Romance)
Descendants
edit- Balkan Romance(?):
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Portuguese: cavidar
References
edit- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*cavitare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 144