Reconstruction:Latin/refusare

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.

Blend of refūtāre +‎ recūsāre.

• IPA^(key): /refuˈzaːre/

*refūsāre (Proto-Western-Romance)

1. refuse

• Catalan: refusar
• Occitan: refusar
• Old French: refuser
  • French: refuser (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: r'fuser (Jersey)
  • → English: refuse
• Spanish: rehusar

• Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company