Reconstruction:Latin/lacrimidiare

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 lacrima (“tear”, from crying) +‎ -idiāre (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lakrɪmɪˈdʲare/

Verb

*lacrimidiāre (Proto-Romance)

1. weep

Descendants

• Balkan Romance: (certain conjugations)
  • Aromanian: lãcãrmedz
  • Romanian: lăcrima, lăcrăma
• Italo-Western Romance:
  • Catalan: llagrimejar
  • Old French: larmoiier, larmeier, larmoier
    • French: larmoyer
  • Italian: lacrimeggiare (non-standard)
  • Occitan: lagremejar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: *lagremejar
    • Galician: lagrimexar, lagremexar
    • Portuguese: lacrimejar (/k/ by Latin influence)
  • Spanish: lagrimear

References

• Meul, Claire. 2013. The fate of the -ID(I)- morpheme in the Central Dolomitic Ladin varieties of northern Italy: Variable conditioning of a morphological mechanism. In Cruschina, Silvio & Maiden, Martin & Smith, John Charles (eds.), The boundaries of pure morphology: Diachronic and synchronic perspectives, 68–95. Oxford University Press.