Reconstruction:Latin/gemicare

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 gemō +‎ -icāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jemeˈɡaːɾe/

Verb

*gemicāre (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. groan

Descendants

• Aragonese: chemecar, chomecar, chemecar
  • →? Catalan: gemecar
• Catalan: gemegar
  • → Sicilian: gimigari
• Gascon: gemicar, gemecar
• Occitan:

  Languedocien: gemegar

  Vivaro-Alpine: gingar

• Old French: [Term?]
  • Lorrain: /ʒəmʒi/

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*gĕmĭcare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 93