Reconstruction:Latin/caimo

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

Modification of cremō, influenced by late Greek κάϊμα (káïma, “burning”, often used in medical contexts), from the verb καίω (kaíō).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkai̯mo, kai̯ˈmaɾᵉ, kai̯ˈmai̯, kai̯ˈmadu/ invalid IPA characters (ᵉ)

Verb

*caimō (infinitive *caimāre, first-person singular preterite *caimāvī, past participle *caimātum)

(Proto-Ibero-Romance) burn

Descendants

Navarro-Aragonese: quemar
- Aragonese: quemar (Ansó)
Old Leonese: queimar
- Asturian: quemar, queimar
- Leonese: queimare
- Mirandese: queimar
Old Portuguese: queimar
- Galician: queimar
- Portuguese: queimar
  - Guinea-Bissau Creole: kema
  - Kabuverdianu: kema
  - Papiamentu: kima
Old Spanish: quemar
- Ladino: kemar
- Spanish: quemar

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “quemar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 714