Reconstruction:Latin/incalciare

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 in- +‎ calce- (“heel”) +‎ -āre (verb-forming suffix). For the semantic development, cf. the English expression hot on one's heels.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /enkalˈt͡sʲare/

Verb

*incalciāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

pursue

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: incalzare
North Italian:
- Piedmontese: ancaossè
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: encalçar
- Old French: enchaucier (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan: encalsar, encausar
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: engalzar
- Portuguese: encalçar
- Old Spanish: encalçar ⇒ acalçar
  - Spanish: alcanzar

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭncalciare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 617

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