Reconstruction:Latin/expaventare

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 expaveō +‎ *-entāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spaβenˈtare/, [ɪs-]

Verb

*expaventāre (Proto-Romance)

frighten, terrify

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- ⇒ Romanian: spăimânta
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: spaventare
- Sicilian: spavintari
North Italian:
- Ladino: espantar
- Venetian: spaventar
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: espantar, espaventar
- Old French: espoenter
  - Middle French: espoventer
    - French: épouvanter
- Old Occitan: espaventar, espavantar
  - Occitan: espantar, espaventar
Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: espantar
- Portuguese: espantar
- Spanish: espantar

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*expaventāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 304

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