Reconstruction:Latin/acutiare

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From acūtus (“sharp, honed”) +‎ -iāre (causative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akuˈt͡sʲare/

Verb

*acūtiāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. sharpen

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: aguzzare
  • → Sardinian: accutzai
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: usâ
  • Ligurian: agusâ
  • Lombard: guzar
  • Piedmontese: avussé, ussé
  • Romansch: güzzer
  • Venetan: gusar, guar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: aguar, agusar (modern)
  • Franco-Provençal: agouesiér
  • Old French: aguisier
    • French: aiguiser
  • Occitan: agusar, gusar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: aguzar
  • Portuguese: aguçar
  • Spanish: aguzar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*acūtiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 127