LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

fortiō

*fortiō (present infinitive *fortiāre, perfect active *fortiāvī, supine *fortiātum)

Meaning

  1. Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructioncompel

Origins

From Late Latin fortia (“violence, force”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianforzare
  • Romanianforțafrom Italian forzare
  • Corsicanfurzà
  • Corsicanforzà
  • Istriotfursà
  • Neapolitanfurzà
  • Sicilianfurzari
  • Venetanforsar
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanforçar
  • Occitanforçar
  • Franco-Provençalforciér
  • Old Frenchforcier
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseforçarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese forçar
  • Spanishforzarfrom Old Spanish forçar
  • Galicianforzarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese forçar
  • Asturianforciarfrom Old Leonese forçiar
  • Asturianforzarfrom Old Leonese forçiar

In English words that came into English from fortiō

  • force*fortio

Quick answers

What does fortiō mean in Latin?
fortiō, a verb, means “compel”.
What are the principal parts of fortiō?
fortiō, *fortiāre, *fortiāvī, *fortiātum (first conjugation).