verb
praecūnctāre
*praecūnctāre
Meaning
- Proto Ibero Romancereconstructionto ask
Origins
Alteration of Classical Latin percontārī (“to inquire, interrogate”), by contamination with the prefix prae-, as well as the verb cūnctārī (“to delay; to hesitate”).
Descendants
- Portugueseperguntarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese preguntar
- Portuguesepreguntarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese preguntar
- Spanishpreguntar
- Aragonesepreguntar
- Asturianpreguntar
- Asturianperguntar
- Extremaduranperguntal
- Mirandesepreguntar
- Galicianpreguntarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese preguntar
- Galicianperguntarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese preguntar