Reconstruction:Latin/accaptare

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 Classical acceptāre, etymologically remodelled to ad- +‎ captare. Doublet of *accattāre (“observe, heed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akkapˈtare/

Verb

*accaptāre (Proto-Romance)

1. accept
2. purchase

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: accattà
  • Italian: accattare (regional or archaic)
  • Neapolitan: accattare
  • Sicilian: accattari
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: accattare, agattai (Campidanese)
• North Italian:
  • Ligurian: acatâ
  • Old Lombard: acatar
  • Piedmontese: caté, catà
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: achetar
  • Old French: acheter, achater, acater (Old Northern French)
    • Bourguignon: aichetai
    • Champenois: aitcheter, aicheter
    • French: acheter, achepter (obsolete)
      • → Esperanto: aĉeti
    • Norman: acataer, acataïr (Guernsey), acater (Jersey)
    • Picard: acater
    • Walloon: atchter
    • →⇒ Middle English: acatour
      • English: cater, acater, acater

See also

• *accapitāre (“grab, catch”)
• *captiāre (“hunt”)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*accaptare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 68