Reconstruction:Latin/alenitare

Etymology
From an older, from. Alternatively, from, the former a late metathetic variant of Classical.

The metathesis that moved /l/ leftwards may in part be due to the synonym.

Verb

 * 1) to breathe

Reconstruction notes
The remarkable variation in Gascon appears to reflect variation in the intervocalic loss of /n/ vis-à-vis syncope of the second /e/, some contamination from Catalan and Spanish, and contact with the French.

Descendants

 * Gallo-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
 * Ibero-Romance:
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