Reconstruction:Latin/petire

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

Reassignment of Classical petere to the fourth conjugation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peˈtire/

Verb

*petīre (Proto-Romance)

ask for, request

Reconstruction notes

1SG */ˈpɛtʲo/ > Old Italian pèzzo (⇒ pezzìre), Portuguese peço

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: peți
Italo-Romance:
- ⇒ Italian: pezzire
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: pedire, petire
Gallo-Romance:
- Old Catalan: pedir
- Old Occitan: pedir
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: pidir
- Galician: pedir
- Portuguese: pedir, pidir (obsolete)
- Spanish: pedir
Borrowings:
- → Proto-Brythonic:
  - Breton: pedi, pidi
  - Cornish: pesy
  - Welsh: pedi

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “pĕtĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 312

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