Reconstruction:Latin/calfare

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 Classical cal(e)facere. Cf. facere > Late Latin fāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kalˈfare/

Verb

*calfāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

heat

Derived terms

*excalfāre

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Neapolitan: calfare
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: calfar
- Franco-Provençal: charfar
- Gascon: cauhar
- Occitan: calfar, caufar, chaufar
- Old French: chaufer (see there for further descendants)
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Spanish: calfar
  - Spanish: calfar (Murcia)

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “escalfar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 667
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “calefacere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 80

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