Reconstruction:Latin/taxitare

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 taxō +‎ -itō (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tasˈtare/

Verb

*taxitāre (Proto-Romance)

1. touch, feel

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • >? Sardinian: tastài
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Corsican:
    • Sassarese: tastà
  • Italian: tastare
  • Sicilian: tastari
  • Venetan: tastar
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: tastâ
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: tasté
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: tastar
  • Occitan: tastar
  • Old French: taster
    • French: tâter
    • → Middle English: tasten
      • English: taste
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: tastar
  • Spanish: tastar