Reconstruction:Latin/deretrarius

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.

From dē retrō (“from behind”) +‎ -ārius (adjective-forming suffix).

• IPA^(key): /derreˈdai̯ros/ (? assuming /r/ metathesis)

*dēretrārius (feminine *dēretrāria, neuter *dēretrārium); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. last, final

Many descendants were affected by haplology. In some areas there is homophony with the descendants of dē retrō.

• Gallo-Italic:
  • Old Ligurian: derrer
    • Ligurian: derrê
  • Old Lombard: derear
    • Lombard: darder, derdera
  • Piedmontese: deriè, darè, darriè, durriè, derré, darrer
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: darrer
  • Old Franco-Provençal: derer, derrer
  • Old French: derrier (“final”)
    • Middle French: derrier
  • Old Occitan: derrier
    • Occitan: darrier
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: derradeyro
    • Galician: derradeiro
    • Portuguese: derradeiro
  • Old Spanish: derradero

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “de rĕtro”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 49