dunc
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom a crossing of tunc (“then”) with dum (“while”), likely facilitated by the resemblance of dum to tum, a synonym and close relative of tunc. Attested in several inscriptions.
Adverb
editdunc (not comparable) (Late Latin)
Notes
editJudging by the widespread sense of 'thus' among Romance descendants, Von Wartburg supposes that dunc already had that sense as well. Löfsted demonstrated that dum was used in that sense in Late Latin.
Numerous descendants reflect the addition of a prefix /a(d)/ or an adverbial suffix /(a)s/.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
References
edit- “doncs” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “dunc”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 215
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “dunc”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 179
Old French
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin dunc. Compare donkes.
Adverb
editdunc
- (often Anglo-Norman) then