Reconstruction:Latin/excalfare

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- +‎ *calfāre or Classical excal(e)facere

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eskalˈfare/

Verb

*excalfāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

to heat

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: scarfare
- Sicilian: scarfari
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: escalfar
- Old French: eschaufer (see there for further descendants)
- Gascon: escauhar
- Occitan: escalfar, escaufar
Ibero-Romance:
- Spanish: escalfar
  - → Portuguese: escalfar

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “escalfar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 667
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “excalefacere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 267

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