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Reconstruction:Latin/alenitare

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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

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Etymology

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From an older *an(h)ēlitāre, from anhēlitus (breath) +‎ -āre (verb-forming suffix). Alternatively, from alēnō +‎ -itāre, the former a late metathetic variant of Classical anhēlō (breathe).

The metathesis that moved /l/ leftwards may in part be due to the synonym halāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aleneˈdaːre/, /alenˈtaːre/

Verb

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*alēnitāre (Proto-Western-Romance)

  1. to breathe

Reconstruction notes

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The remarkable variation in Gascon appears to reflect variation in the intervocalic loss of /n/ vis-à-vis syncope of the second /e/, some contamination from Catalan and Spanish, and contact with the French haleter.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ “alentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.