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Where does “adagial” come from?

adagial (English) comes from English adage, from English adagio, from Italian adagio, from Italian agio, from Old Occitan aize, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad- — in.

adagial (English): Pertaining to an adage; proverbial

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to an adage; proverbial

Ancestry of “adagial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadageAn old saying which has obtained credit by long...
2EnglishadagioA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be...
3Italianadagioslowly; adagio; first-person singular present...
4Italianagioease, comfort; luxury, comfort; first-person...
5Old Occitanaizeease
6Latinadiacēns—
7LatinadiaceoI lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent...
8Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →