Reconstruction:Latin/excalfare

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 ex- +‎ *calfāre or Classical excal(e)facere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskalˈfare/

Verb

*excalfāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. to heat

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan: scarfare
  • Sicilian: scarfari
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: escalfar
  • Old French: eschaufer (see there for further descendants)
  • Gascon: escauhar
  • Occitan: escalfar, escaufar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: escalfar
    • → Portuguese: escalfar

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “escalfar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 667
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “excalefacere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 267