Reconstruction:Latin/werrizare

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 werra (“war”) +‎ -izāre (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /werrejˈjare/, /ɡʷ-/

Verb

*werrizāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. to wage war

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: guerreggiare
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: guerrejar
  • Occitan: guerrejar
  • Old French: guerroiier, werrier (see there for further descendants)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: guerriar
  • Galician: guerrear
  • Portuguese: guerrear
  • Spanish: guerrear

References

• Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 16