netejar - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Restructuring, based on net (“clean”), of Old Catalan nedejar, from Vulgar Latin *nitidiāre, a verb based on Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”), which subsequently came to mean 'clean'. For similar restructurings, cf. Occitan netejar and French nettoyer (replacing Old Occitan nedejar and Old French noiier).
netejar (first-person singular present netejo, first-person singular preterite netegí, past participle netejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to clean
- “netejar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “netejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “netejar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Restructuring, based on net (“clean”), of Old Occitan nedejar (which survives in regional usage), from Vulgar Latin *nitidiāre, a verb based on Latin nitidus (“shining, polished”), which subsequently came to mean 'clean'. For similar restructurings, cf. Catalan netejar and French nettoyer (replacing Old Catalan nedejar and Old French noiier).
netejar
- to clean