Reconstruction:Latin/expaventare
Latin
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
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, volumes 3: D–F, page 304