tamdiu

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Latin

Etymology

From tam (“so”) +‎ diū (“long”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.di.uː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.di.u/,

Adverb

tamdiū (not comparable)

(for) so long
all this time

Related terms

quamdiū

Descendants

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
Old Occitan: tandius...quandius

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “tam diu”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 13: T–Ti, page 72

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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