Reconstruction:Latin/appodio

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- +‎ podium +‎ -ō. Surfaces in 13th-century Medieval Latin as appodiō, by this point a borrowing from Romance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apˈpɔjjo/

Verb

*appodiō (present infinitive *appodiāre, perfect active *appodiāvī, supine *appodiātum); first conjugation (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. support

Related terms

• *podiō

Descendants

• Old French: appuyer
  • French: appuyer
    • → English: appuy, appui
  • → Medieval Latin: appodiō (13th c.)
• Italian: appoggiare
  • → Esperanto: apogi
    • Ido: apogar
  • → Spanish: apoyar (see there for further descendants)

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “apoyar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 301
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*appŏdiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 41