Reconstruction:Latin/expaventare
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*expaventāre (Proto-Romance)
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance:
- ⇒ Romanian: spăimânta
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: spaventare
- Sicilian: spavintari
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: espantar, espaventar
- Old French: espoenter
- Middle French: espoventer
- French: épouvanter
- Middle French: espoventer
- Old Occitan: espaventar, espavantar
- Occitan: espantar, espaventar
- Ibero-Romance:
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*expaventāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 304