The term “engagement” and its derivatives in Latin and Romance languages

Abstract

The terminology of consanguinity is accompanied by a number of lexicosemantic micro-fields which configure the traditional human community. Among them, the concept of „engagement” and its entire lexical family reflect the thinking of entire generations of speakers. This text is a case study on the specialised vocabulary in Latin and the Neo-Latin languages.

Keywords

• engagement
• fiancé
• to get engaged
• semantic developments
• phonetic and morphological changes
• synonymic series.