Reconstruction:Latin/adbracchiare

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

ad- +‎ bracchium +‎ āre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abbraˈkʲare/

Verb

*adbracchiāre (Proto-Romance)

1. to hug, to embrace

Descendants

• Dalmatian: abrasur
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: abbracciare
  • Sicilian: abbrazzari
• Sardinian: abbratzare
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: abraçar
  • Occitan: abraçar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: abraçar
    • Fala: abrazal
    • Galician: abrazar
    • Portuguese: abraçar
  • Old Spanish: abraçar
    • Spanish: abrazar

References

• Alkire, Ti, Rosen, Carol (2010) Romance Languages: A Historical Introduction, University of Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 289