tamdiu
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom tam (“so”) + diū (“long”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtan.di.uː/, [ˈt̪än̪d̪iuː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.di.u/, [ˈt̪än̪d̪iu]
Adverb
edittamdiū (not comparable)
- (for) so long
- all this time
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Old French: tandis que
- ⇒ Old French: tant dis que (reanalysed as tantōs diēs)
- Middle French: tant dis, tanz dis, tandis + que or con, com, comme
- French: tandis que, tandis
- Middle French: tant dis, tanz dis, tandis + que or con, com, comme
- Old Occitan: tandius...quandius
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “tam diu”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 13: T–Ti, page 72
Further reading
edit- “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.