Reconstruction:Latin/cavitare

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 caveō +‎ -itāre (frequentative ending).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaβɪˈtare/

Verb

*cavitāre (Proto-Romance)

1. watch out

Descendants

• Balkan Romance(?):
  • Aromanian: caftu
  • Romanian: căuta
• Dalmatian:
  • caiptare
• Italo-Romance:
  • Old Neapolitan: gavitare
    • Neapolitan: gavetà, avetà, gavitare

      Calabria: gavitare

  • Sicilian: gavitari
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: cavidar

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*cavitare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 144