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Where does “adonc” come from?

adonc (Old French) comes from Latin tunc, from Latin tum, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

Ancestry of “adonc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintuncthen, "in its senses as"; from then on: from that...
2Latintumthen, thereupon; at the time, at that time, then;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “adonc”

  • adonc
  • donc
  • do
  • donkes
  • doncques
  • donc
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