Reconstruction:Latin/pincio

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.

Origin uncertain. Possibly from a nasalized variant of *pīccāre (compare doublets French pincer and dialectal picher, pisser; also Italian pizzare), or perhaps a merger of Latin *punctiō (“puncture, sting”) and *pīccō (“strike, sting”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpint͡sʲo/

*pīnciō (present infinitive *pīnciāre, perfect active *pīnciāvī, supine *pīnciātum); first conjugation (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. puncture, prick, pierce, pinch

• Catalan: pinxar
• Old French: *pinchier, pincier, pincer
  • Middle French: pincier, pincer
    • French: pincer
      • → Bavarian: pfitzen
      • → Dutch: pinsen, pitsen
  • Norman: pînchi
  • → Middle English: pinchen
    • English: pinch
• Iberian:
  • Old Portuguese:
    • Portuguese: pinçar
    • Galician: pinxar
  • Spanish: pinchar
• Italian: pinzàre (dialectal)
• Venetan: pizzare