Reconstruction:Latin/addessum
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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 * "at this/that very time".
Pronunciation
Adverb
*addessum (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
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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
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: adesso
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1533: “dove tu cuci adesso” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ad id ipsum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 142