vix

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wiks sg (nom.), *wiksu pl (“a turn, bend”, loc.), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.

Pronunciation

Adverb

vix (not comparable)

  1. with difficulty; scarcely, barely
  2. hardly, merely, just (of time)

Descendants

  • Navarro-Aragonese: veiza (Glosas Emilianenses)
  • Neapolitan: vi (Abruzzese)
  • Romansch: ves
  • ⇒ Aromanian: ayia
  • ⇒ Romanian: abia
  • ⇒ Spanish: abés (archaic)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) chapter VIX, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 686
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