Reconstruction:Latin/excappare

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 ex- (“out”) +‎ cappa (“cloak”) +‎ -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /skapˈpare/

Verb edit

*excappāre (Proto-Romance)

escape

Descendants edit

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: scãpari
- Romanian: scăpa
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: scappare
- Neapolitan: scappà
- Sicilian: scappari
North Italian:
- Romansch: scappar, scapar, scapper
- Venetian: scanpar
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: escapar
- Old French: eschaper, escaper
  - Middle French: eschapper
    - French: échapper
  - Norman: êcapper
  - → Middle English: escapen
    - English: escape
- Occitan: escapar
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: escapar
- Mirandese: scapar
- Old Galician-Portuguese: escapar
  - Fala: escapal
  - Galician: escapar
  - Portuguese: escapar
- Spanish: escapar
  - → Ido: eskapar

Reflexes of a variant *excampāre: (crossed with campus "field")

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: scampare
  - → Middle French: escamper
    - French: escamper
- Sicilian: scampari
North Italian:
- Friulian: scjampâ, sčhampâ
- Ligurian: scampâ
- Romansch: stgampar
- Venetian: scampar
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: eschamper, escamper
  - Middle French: eschamper
  - → Middle Dutch: [Term?]
    - Dutch: schamperen
      - → English: scamper

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*excappare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 270