Reconstruction:Latin/acutiare

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 acūtus (“sharp, honed”) +‎ -iāre (causative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /akuˈt͡sʲare/

Verb

acūtiāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

sharpen

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: aguzzare
- → Sardinian: accutzai
North Italian:
- Friulian: usâ
- Ligurian: agusâ
- Lombard: guzar
- Piedmontese: avussé, ussé
- Romansch: güzzer
- Venetian: gusar, guar
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: aguar, agusar
- Franco-Provençal: agouesiér
- Old French: aguisier
  - French: aiguiser
- Occitan: agusar, gusar
Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: aguzar
- Portuguese: aguçar
- Spanish: aguzar

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*acūtiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 127

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