Reconstruction:Latin/praecuncto

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

Alteration of percontor (“inquire, interrogate”) by influence of the prefix prae- as well as the verb cūnctor (“tarry, dawdle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɡunto/

Verb

*praecūnctō (infinitive *praecūnctāre, first-person singular preterite *praecūnctāvī, past participle *praecūnctātum)

(Proto-Ibero-Romance) to ask

Descendants

Aragonese: preguntar
Asturian: preguntar, perguntar
Extremaduran: perguntal
Galician: preguntar, perguntar
Mirandese: preguntar
Portuguese: perguntar, preguntar
Spanish: preguntar (see there for further descendants)

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “preguntar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 635