Reconstruction:Latin/fortio

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 fortia (“violence, force”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔrt͡sʲo/

Verb

*fortiō (infinitive *fortiāre, first-person singular preterite *fortiāvī, past participle *fortiātum) (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

compel

Derived terms

*exfortiō

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: forzare
  - → Romanian: forța
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: forcier, forcher; forscer, forser, forsser
  - French: forcer
  - Norman: forchi, forcher, forchiei
  - → Middle English: forcen
    - English: force
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: forçar
- Occitan: forçar
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Portuguese: forçar
  - Galician: forçar, forzar
  - Portuguese: forçar
- Old Spanish: forçar
  - Spanish: forzar

References

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