Reconstruction:Latin/comere
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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 comedere based on conjugations such as comēs (“you eat”). Cf. potēre < posse.
Pronunciation
Verb
*comēre (Proto-Ibero-Romance)
- to eat.
Reconstruction notes
Rhizotonic forms may have had */ˈkɔm-/, as the diphthongization expected of original */ˈɔ/ is found in Asturian.[1] In that case, diphthongization may have been counteracted in Castilian by the following /m/ (cf. hombre < hŏminem).
Descendants
References
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “comer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 158
- ^ García Martínez, Adolfo. 1989. La matanza: Un fenómeno económico, social y ritual. Lletres Asturianes 36. 109–110.