mastico
Catalan
Italian
Latin
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek μαστιχάω (mastikháō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmas.ti.koː/
Verb
masticō (present infinitive masticāre, perfect active masticāvī, supine masticātum); first conjugation (post-classical)
- I chew.
Inflection
Descendants
- Eastern Romance:
- Megleno-Romanian: mestic, misticare
- Romanian: mesteca, mestecare
- Italian: masticare
- Neapolitan: mazzecà
- Old French: mascher
- Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Old Portuguese: [Term?]
- Old Spanish: [Term?]
- Spanish: mascar
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: mastiâ
- Sicilian: masticari, macicari
- Venetian: mastegar
- → Albanian: mështekohem
- → Catalan: masticar
- → English: masticate
- → French: mastiquer
- → Galician: mastigar
- → Portuguese: mastigar
- → Romanian: mastica
- → Spanish: masticar
References
- mastico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mastico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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