Reconstruction:Latin/erctum

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

Past participle for *ergere (“raise”), corresponding to Classical Latin ērectus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛrktu/, /ˈe-/

Participle

*erctus (feminine *ercta, neuter *erctum); first/second-declension participle (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

raised

Derived terms

*ercticum
- Catalan: èrtic
- Lombard: erteg

Descendants

Italy and environs:
- Italian: erto ⇒ erta
- Romansch: iert
- ⇒ Sicilian: irta
Iberia:
- Catalan: ert
- Galician: irto
- Portuguese: hirto
- Spanish: yerto

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “erguir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 655

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