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Reconstruction:Latin/cominitiare

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 com- +‎ initiāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /komenˈt͡sʲare/

Verb

*cominitiāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. begin, undertake

Reconstruction notes

The earliest attested descendant is Old French (10th c. CE, Sermon sur Jonah).[1]

Descendants

References
  1. “commencer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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