to grasp, seize to look 3 realizations FAMILY: Indo-European
NEW Realization 1
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Late Latin
lexeme 1 capto, captare
lexeme 2 catto, cattare
meaning 1 to grasp, seize
direction
meaning 2 to look at, see

Hunc vulgus cattum a captura vocant. Alii dicunt quod cattat, id est videt. (Isidore, Etymologiae)


Commoners call [the cat] cattus, from the word captura ['catching']. Others say [that they call it so] because it 'cats', that is, it sees.

reference Adams 2007: 427
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NEW Realization 2
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Asturian
lexeme 1 capto, captare
lexeme 2 catar
meaning 1 to grasp, seize
direction
meaning 2 to observe, watch
reference Adams 2007: 427 DLA
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NEW Realization 3
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Latin
language 2 Old Galician–Portuguese
lexeme 1 capto, captare
lexeme 2 catar
meaning 1 to grasp, seize
direction
meaning 2 to look; to observe; to examine
reference Adams 2007: 427
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