Reconstruction:Latin/pilucare

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 pilāre (“remove hair”) + an infix *-ūc-, perhaps by analogy with the synonym pair mandere : mandūcāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peluˈkare/

Verb

*pilūcāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. remove parts from something

Derived terms

• *pilūcicāre

Descendants

• ⇒ Catalan: espellugar (Pego)
• Occitan: pelugar

  Limousin: pludzoú

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pĭlūcare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 505