verb
incalciāre
*incalciāre
Meaning
- Proto Italo Western Romancereconstructionpursue
Origins
From in- + calce- (“heel”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix). For the semantic development, cf. the English expression hot on one's heels.
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseencalçar
- Spanishalcanzarfrom Old Spanish encalçar
- Aragoneseengalzar
- Asturianencalzar
- Asturianalcanzar
- Asturianancanzar
Italo-Romance
- Italianincalzare
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanencalçar
- Old Frenchenchaucier
- Old Occitanencalsar
- Old Occitanencausar
Gallo-Italic
- Piedmonteseancaossè