Reconstruction:Latin/fortiare

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 Late Latin fortia (“violence, force”) +‎ -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /forˈt͡sʲare/

Verb edit

*fortiāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

compel

Reconstruction notes edit

3SG */ˈfɔrt͡sʲat/ > Italian fòrza, Spanish fuerza.

Derived terms edit

*exfortiāre

Descendants edit

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: forzare
  - → Romanian: forța
- Neapolitan: furzà
- Sicilian: furzari
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: forçar
- Franco-Provençal: forciér, fourchë, forhyi
- Old French: forcier (see there for further descendants)
- Occitan: forçar
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: forçar
  - Galician: forzar
  - Portuguese: forçar
- Old Spanish: forçar
  - Spanish: forzar

References edit

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*fortiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 729