Reconstruction:Latin/expaventare

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 expaveō +‎ *-entāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spaβenˈtare/, [ɪs-]

Verb

*expaventāre (Proto-Romance)

1. frighten, terrify

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • ⇒ Romanian: spăimânta
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: spaventare
  • Sicilian: spavintari
• North Italian:
  • Ladino: espantar
  • Venetian: spaventar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: espantar, espaventar
  • Old French: espoenter
    • Middle French: espoventer
      • French: épouvanter
  • Old Occitan: espaventar, espavantar
    • Occitan: espantar, espaventar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: espantar
  • Portuguese: espantar
  • Spanish: espantar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*expaventāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 304