Reconstruction:Latin/ad retro

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 ad +‎ retrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈrɛtro/

Adverb

*ad retrō (not comparable) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. to the rear

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: a retro
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: ariere
    • French: arrière
    • → English: arrear
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: arrera, arrere
    • → Sicilian: arreri
  • Occitan:

    Auvergnat: reire, arrèir

    Gascon: arrèr

    Languedocien: arrièr, arrèr

    Limousin: arrier, arreir, rier, reir

    Provençal: arrier

    Vivaro-Alpine: arrier, arreire

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese: arriedo
    • Asturian: arréu, arredar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: arredor ⇒ arredar
    • Galician: arredor, arredar
    • Portuguese: arredo, arredar
  • Old Spanish: arriedro
    • Spanish: arredro

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*ad retro”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 180