Reconstruction:Latin/cuperare

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

Back-formation from recuperāre (“recover, regain”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʊpeˈrare/

Verb

*cuperāre (Proto-Romance)

to take, seize

Descendants

Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: cuperare, cuberare, cuberai
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: cobrar
- Old Franco-Provençal: corar
- Old French: covrer, combrer, cobrer
  - Middle French: couvrer, combrer
- Occitan: cobrar, crobar
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: cobrar
  - Galician: cobrar
  - Portuguese: cobrar
- Spanish: cobrar
- → Basque: cobru

References

“cobrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) “recuperare”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rĕcŭpĕrare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 167

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