de trans

Latin

Etymology

From dē +‎ trans.

Pronunciation

(Proto-Italo-Western-Romance) IPA^(key): /deˈtras/
(Proto-Western-Romance) IPA^(key): /deˈtras/

Preposition

dē trans (+ accusative) (Late Latin)

(proscribed) from beyond, from across
- 5th c. CE, Servius[1]
  praepositio etiam de non potest adiungi nomini interveniente adverbio, ut de trans Tiberim venio
  Likewise, the preposition de cannot apply to a noun when an adverb comes between them, as in 'I am coming from across the Tiber'.

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: detràs
- Old French: detrés
- Occitan: detràs
Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: detrás
- Portuguese: detrás
- Spanish: detrás

References

Adams, J. N. (2013) Social Variation and the Latin Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 596, 602

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