Reconstruction:Latin/contigire

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 edit

Etymology edit

From contingere, apparently rebuilt around preterite inflections such as contigit.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /konteˈjir/

Verb edit

*contigīre (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

to happen

Descendants edit

Catalan: acontegir (Valencian)
⇒ Navarro-Aragonese: contexer
Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]
- Galician: acontecer
- Portuguese: acontecer
Old Spanish: contir, cuntir ⇒ contesçer
- ⇒ Spanish: acontecer

References edit

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “acontecer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 39