Reconstruction:Latin/captiare

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 captus (“captured, caught”) +‎ -iāre.

Its early existence is hinted at by the Late Latin captiōsus (“intent on hunting”), attested in the sixth century CE.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katˈtʲare/

Verb

*captiāre (Proto-Romance)

1. to hunt

Reconstruction notes

• /p/ is not reconstructible from the descendants.

Derived terms

• *recaptiāre
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]
    • Galician: arregazar, recachar (crossed with agacharse)
    • Portuguese: regaçar, arregaçar
  • Old Spanish: regaçar, arregaçar
    • Spanish: regazar, arregazar

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: (a)cãtsari
  • Romanian: agăța, acăța
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: cacciare
  • Neapolitan: caccià
  • Sicilian: cacciari
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: cjaçâ
  • Piedmontese: cassé
  • Romansch: chatschar
  • Venetian: casar, caçar, cazhar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: caçar
  • Franco-Provençal: chaciér
  • Old French: chacier (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: caçar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: cazar
  • Extremaduran: cazal
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: caçar
    • Fala: cazal
    • Galician: cazar
    • Portuguese: caçar
  • Old Spanish: caçar
    • Spanish: cazar
      • → Italian: cazzare
• Unsorted:
  • Sardinian: cazzare, cassai, acassare, cassare, catzare (borrowed from Catalan/Spanish?)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*captiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 328