Reconstruction:Latin/expingere

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 ex- +‎ pangō. Compare Classical impingō. Not to be confused with expingō (“paint, depict”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˈpɪnɡere/, [ɪs-]

Verb

*expingere (past participle *expinctum) (Proto-Romance)

1. push, shove

Descendants

• Catalan: espènyer
• Dalmatian: spangro
• Old French: espaindre, espeindre
• Old Occitan: espenher, espénje, espenji
• Italian: spingere, spignere
• Sardinian: ispinghere, spingiri
• Sicilian: spìnciri

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*expĭngĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 310