Reconstruction:Latin/comere

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 comedere based on conjugations such as comēs (“you eat”). Cf. potēre < posse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmer/

Verb

*comere (Proto-Ibero-Romance)

1. eat

Reconstruction notes

Rhizotonic forms may have had */ˈkɔm-/, as the diphthongization expected of original */ˈɔ/ is found in Asturian. In that case, diphthongization may have been counteracted in Castilian by the following /m/ (cf. hombre < hŏminem).

Descendants

• Aragonese: comer (Jacetania, Somontanos)
• Old Leonese: [Term?]
  • Asturian: comer
  • Extremaduran: comer
  • Mirandese: comer, quemer
  • Leonese: comere, comer
• Old Galician-Portuguese: comer
  • Galician: comer
  • Portuguese: comer (see there for further descendants)
• Old Spanish: comer
  • Ladino: komer, kumer
  • Spanish: comer (see there for further descendants)

References

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