Reconstruction:Latin/viridizare

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 viridis (“green”) +‎ -izāre (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βerdejˈjare/

Verb

*viridizāre (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. turn green
2. flourish

Descendants

• Catalan: verdejar
• French: verdoyer
• Galician: verdexar
• Italian: verdeggiare
• Occitan: verdejar
• Portuguese: verdejar
• Spanish: verdear

References

• Meul, Claire. 2013. The fate of the -ID(I)- morpheme in the Central Dolomitic Ladin varieties of northern Italy: Variable conditioning of a morphological mechanism. In Cruschina, Silvio & Maiden, Martin & Smith, John Charles (eds.), The boundaries of pure morphology: Diachronic and synchronic perspectives, 68–95. Oxford University Press.