Reconstruction:Latin/agurare

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 augurāre via dissimilation of /au̯/ to /a/ before a stressed syllable with /ŭ/, as also with agurium < augurium.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /aɡʊˈrare/

Verb edit

*agurāre (Proto-Romance)

to foretell, to predict

Reconstruction notes edit

Some of the Romance forms have been influenced by descendants of the corresponding noun agurium. So, for instance, Portuguese agoirar ↔ agoiro < agurium.

Descendants edit

Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: agura (obsolete)
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: agurare
North Italian:
- Romansch: urar, avuoirar
- Venetian: agurar, ingurar
Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: ahorar
- Old Occitan: ahurar, aürar, agurar
Ibero-Romance:
- Portuguese: agoirar, agourar
- Spanish: agorar

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “augŭrare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 884