Reconstruction:Latin/fortiare

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 Late Latin fortia (“violence, force”) +‎ -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /forˈt͡sʲare/

Verb

*fortiāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

compel

Reconstruction notes

3SG */ˈfɔrt͡sʲat/ > Italian fòrza, Spanish fuerza.

Derived terms

*exfortiāre

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: forzare
  - → Romanian: forța
- Neapolitan: furzà
- Sicilian: furzari
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: forçar
- Franco-Provençal: forciér, fourchë, forhyi
- Old French: forcier (see there for further descendants)
- Occitan: forçar
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: forçar
  - Galician: forzar
  - Portuguese: forçar
- Old Spanish: forçar
  - Spanish: forzar

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*fortiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 729

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