Reconstruction:Latin/tragare

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

Possibly from Doric Greek τράγω (trágō), in which case cognate with Attic Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “to eat, to swallow”). Alternatively, Coromines suggests an origin ultimately in dracō (“dragon”), via an attested tracō (“underground cavern”), in the sense of 'that which swallows [things] up'.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /traˈɡar/, (?) /d-/

Verb

*tragāre (Proto-Western-Romance)

to devour
to swallow

Descendants

Catalan: tragar, dragar
Aragonese: tragar
Asturian: tragar
Old Galician-Portuguese: tragar
- Galician: tragar
- Portuguese: tragar
Spanish: tragar

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