Reconstruction:Latin/cavitare

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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 caveō +‎ -itāre (frequentative ending).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kaβɪˈtare/

Verb edit

*cavitāre (Proto-Romance)

watch out

Descendants edit

Balkan Romance(?):
- Aromanian: caftu
- Romanian: căuta
Dalmatian:
- caiptare
Italo-Romance:
- Old Neapolitan: gavitare
  - Neapolitan: gavetà, avetà, gavitare
    Calabria: gavitare
- Sicilian: gavitari
Ibero-Romance:
- Portuguese: cavidar

References edit

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*cavitare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 144

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