Reconstruction:Latin/como

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

Restructuring of Classical comedō based on conjugations such as comēs (“you eat”). Cf. potēre < posse.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔmo/, /koˈmeɾᵉ/ invalid IPA characters (ᵉ), /koˈmi/, /koˈmɛstu/

Verb

*comō (infinitive *comēre, first-person singular preterite *comiī, past participle comestum)

(Proto-Ibero-Romance) eat

Reconstruction notes

Diphthongization of original */ˈɔ/ can be found in Asturian.[1] It may have been counteracted in Castilian by the following /m/, for which cf. hombre < hŏminem.

Descendants

Old Leonese: [Term?]
- Asturian: comer
- Extremaduran: comer
- Mirandese: comer, quemer
- Leonese: comere, comer
Old Portuguese: comer
- Galician: comer
- Portuguese: comer
  - Kabuverdianu: kume
  - Papiamentu: kome
  - → Malay: kumi
Old Spanish: comer
- Spanish: comer
  - → Sardinian: comere
- Ladino: komer, kumer

References

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “comer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 158

García Martínez, Adolfo. 1989. La matanza: Un fenómeno económico, social y ritual. Lletres Asturianes 36. 109–110.

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[1] García Martínez, Adolfo. 1989. La matanza: Un fenómeno económico, social y ritual. Lletres Asturianes 36. 109–110.