LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

expaventāre

*expaventāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructionfrighten, terrify

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexpaventāre

Latin ex- Latin paveō Latin expaveō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ēns 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 -āre Latin *-entāre Latin *expaventāre From expaveō + *-entāre.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanespaventar
  • Catalanespantar
  • Frenchépouvanterfrom Old French espoenter
  • Occitanespantarfrom Old Occitan espaventar
  • Occitanespaventarfrom Old Occitan espaventar
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseespantarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese espantar
  • Spanishespantar
  • Galicianespantarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese espantar
  • Ladinoespantar
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianspăimânta
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianspaventare
  • Venetanspaventar

Quick answers

What does expaventāre mean in Latin?
expaventāre, a verb, means “frighten, terrify”.
Where does expaventāre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin expaventāre.