verb
alēnitāre
*alēnitāre
Meaning
- Proto Western Romancereconstructionto breathe
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁-slo-
- Proto-Italic*anaslos
- Latinalēnitāre
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin anhēlō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Vulgar Latin anhēlitus ▲ Vulgar Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *an(h)ēlitāre Latin *alenitare From an older *an(h)ēlitāre, from anhēlitus (“breath”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix). Alternatively, from alēnō + -itāre, the former a late metathetic variant of Classical anhēlō (“breathe”). The metathesis that moved /l/ leftwards may in part be due to the synonym halāre.
Ibero-Romance
- Spanishalentar
- Catalanalentarfrom Spanish alentar
- Portuguesealentarfrom Spanish alentar
- Asturianalendar
- Galicianalentarfrom Spanish alentar
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanalendar
- Frenchèlantè
- unknownhaleidarfrom Gascon aleidar
- unknownhaledarfrom Gascon aleidar
- unknownhaletarfrom Gascon aleidar