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Reconstruction:Latin/comere

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

Restructuring of Classical comedere based on conjugations such as comēs (you eat). Cf. potēre < posse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈmer/

Verb

*comere (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

  1. eat

Conjugation

Reconstruction notes

The first, second, and third person singular (as well as the third person plural) present indicative and subjunctive possibly had */ˈkɔm-/, instead of /ˈkom-/, as the diphthongization expected of original */ˈɔ/ is found in Asturian.[1] In that case, diphthongization would have been counteracted in Castilian by the following /m/ (cf. hombre < hŏminem).

Descendants

  • Aragonese: comer (Jacetania, Somontanos)
  • Old Leonese: [Term?]
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: comer
  • Old Spanish: comer
    • Spanish: comer
    • Ladino: komer, kumer

References

  1. García Martínez, Adolfo. 1989. La matanza: Un fenómeno económico, social y ritual. Lletres Asturianes 36. 109–110.
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