Reconstruction:Latin/fortiare
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin fortia (“violence, force”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*fortiāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
edit3SG */ˈfɔrt͡sʲat/ > Italian fòrza, Spanish fuerza.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*fortiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 729