Reconstruction:Latin/accapitare

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

Etymology

From ad- +‎ capiō +‎ -tāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akkapeˈtare/

Verb

*accapitāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. grab, catch

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: accattare (“grab, seize”) (regional or archaic)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: acaptar (“obtain, beg for”)
  • Old French: *acater, ⇒ racater (“assemble, rally”)
    • Franc-Comtois: acatai, aicatai (“take, catch”)
  • Old Occitan: acaptar (“obtain, demand, beg for”)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: acadar
  • Old Spanish: acabdar

See also

• *accaptāre (“accept, purchase”)

References

• “acaptar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*accapĭtare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 66