tamdiu

Latin

Etymology

From tam (so) + diū (long).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.di.uː/, [ˈt̪än̪d̪iuː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.di.u/, [ˈt̪än̪d̪iu]

Adverb

tamdiū (not comparable)

  1. (for) so long
  2. all this time

Descendants

  • Old French: tandis que
  • Old French: tant dis que (reanalysed as tantōs diēs)
  • Old Occitan: tandius...quandius

References

Further reading

  • tamdiu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tamdiu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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