Reconstruction:Latin/cuperare

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

Back-formation from recuperāre (“recover, regain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊpeˈrare/

Verb

*cuperāre (Proto-Romance)

1. to take, seize

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: cuperare, cuberare, cuberai
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: cobrar
  • Old Franco-Provençal: corar
  • Old French: covrer, combrer, cobrer
    • Middle French: couvrer, combrer
  • Occitan: cobrar, crobar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: cobrar
    • Galician: cobrar
    • Portuguese: cobrar
  • Spanish: cobrar
  • → Basque: cobru

References

• “cobrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “recuperare”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rĕcŭpĕrare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 167