Reconstruction:Latin/excadere

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 ex- +‎ cadĕre and its Late Latin variant cadēre.

Compare the Classical equivalent excidĕre, showing historic vowel reduction of /a/.

Eventually surfaces in thirteenth-century Medieval Latin as excadere, a borrowing from Romance or internal formation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˈkadere/, /skaˈdere/

Verb

*excadē̆re (Proto-Romance)

(literally) fall out
(by extension) happen
(by extension) decline, diminish

Derived terms

*excadescere (“forget”)

Descendants

From *excadĕre:

Italo-Romance:
- Sicilian: scàdiri
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: escaure
- Franco-Provençal: èchêre
- Old Occitan: eschazer, escazer
  - Occitan: escàser, escaire, escàiguer

From *excadēre:

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: scãdeari
- Romanian: scădea
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: scadére
North Italian:
- Friulian: scjadê
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: escheoir
  - French: échoir
  - → Middle English: chete

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*excadere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 263

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