Reconstruction:Latin/accaptare
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Classical acceptāre, etymologically remodelled to ad- + captare. Doublet of *accattāre (“observe, heed”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*accaptāre (Proto-Romance)
Descendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: accattare, agattai (Campidanese)
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
See also
edit- *accapitāre (“grab, catch”)
- *captiāre (“hunt”)
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*accaptare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 68