Reconstruction:Latin/uxorare

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 uxōr- (“wife”) +‎ āre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊssoˈrare/

Verb

*uxōrāre (Proto-Romance)

1. to wed, to take as one's wife

Reconstruction notes

Widespread prefixation with in- or ad-. The expected /ks/ cannot be reconstructed, as it would have yielded /ps/ in Balkan Romance.

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: ãnsor, nsor, ãnsoru, nsoru, sor, soru
  • Megleno-Romanian: ạnsor
  • Romanian: însura
• Dalmatian:
  • ⇒ uzorizare (archaic)
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: assurà (dialect of Alatri)
  • Neapolitan: nsurà, nsurare

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 69: “non vi sposate?” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*ŭxōrāre”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 693