Reconstruction:Latin/addessum

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps a contraction of a phrase like *[ad id ipsum tempus] "at this/that very time".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adˈdɛssu/

Adverb

*addessum (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. now/then(?)

Reconstruction notes

Notes

If the foregoing etymology is correct, one might have expected an original */ad(e)ˈdepsu/. The actual */a(d)ˈdɛssu/ implied by the Romance forms can then be explained as the result of an early remodelling according to ad pressum (≈/apˈprɛssu/, "near"). The similarity of their reflexes is clear in any case.

The single /d/ of the Italian adesso perhaps resulted from a remodelling of addesso (also attested) to a(d) +‎ esso.

Descendants

  • Italo-Dalmatian:
    • Dalmatian: adias
    • Istriot: dieso
    • Italian: adesso
    • Venetan: adeso
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Lombard: adés
    • Piedmontese: adèss, ⇒ adsadèss
    • Romagnol: adès
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

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