Reconstruction:Latin/ad retro

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 ad +‎ retrō.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /arˈrɛtro/

Adverb edit

*ad retrō (not comparable) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

to the rear

Descendants edit

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: a retro
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: ariere
  - French: arrière
  - → English: arrear
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: arrera, arrere
  - → Sicilian: arreri
- Occitan:
  Auvergnat: reire, arrèir
  
  Gascon: arrèr
  
  Languedocien: arrièr, arrèr
  
  Limousin: arrier, arreir, rier, reir
  
  Provençal: arrier
  
  Vivaro-Alpine: arrier, arreire
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Leonese: arriedo
  - Asturian: arréu, arredar
- Old Galician-Portuguese: arredor ⇒ arredar
  - Galician: arredor, arredar
  - Portuguese: arredo, arredar
- Old Spanish: arriedro
  - Spanish: arredro

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*ad retro”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 180