Reconstruction:Latin/uxoro

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 in- +‎ uxōr- (“wife”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʊsˈsoro/

Verb

*uxōrō (present infinitive *uxōrāre, perfect active *uxōrāvī, supine *uxōrātum); first conjugation (Proto-Romance)

wed, take as one's wife

Reconstruction notes

Widespread prefixation with in- or ad-. The expected /ks/ cannot be reconstructed, as it would have yielded /ps/ in Balkan Romance.

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: ãnsor, nsor, ãnsoru, nsoru, sor, soru
- Megleno-Romanian: ạnsor
- Romanian: însura
Dalmatian:
- ⇒ uzorizare (archaic)
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: assurà (dialect of Alatri)
- Neapolitan: nsurà, nsurare

References

AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 69: “non vi sposate?” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “*ŭxōrāre”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 693