Reconstruction:Latin/excappare

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- (“out”) +‎ cappa (“cape, cloak”) +‎ -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skapˈpare/

Verb

*excappāre (Proto-Romance)

1. to escape

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: scãpari
  • Romanian: scăpa
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: scappare
  • Neapolitan: scappà
  • Sicilian: scappari
• North Italian:
  • Romansch: scappar, scapar, scapper
  • Venetan: scanpar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: escapar
  • Old French: eschaper, escaper (northern)
    • Middle French: eschapper
      • French: échapper
    • Norman: êcapper
    • → Middle English: escapen
      • English: escape
  • Occitan: escapar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: escapar
  • Mirandese: scapar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: escapar
    • Fala: escapal
    • Galician: escapar
    • Portuguese: escapar
  • Spanish: escapar
    • → Ido: eskapar

Reflexes of a variant *excampāre: (crossed with campus "field")

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: scampare
    • → Middle French: escamper
      • French: escamper
  • Sicilian: scampari
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: scjampâ, sčhampâ (alternative spelling)
  • Ligurian: scampâ
  • Romansch: stgampar
  • Venetan: scampar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: eschamper, escamper
    • Middle French: eschamper
    • → Middle Dutch: [Term?]
      • Dutch: schamperen
        • → English: scamper

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*excappare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 270