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Where does “ad tunc ce” come from?

ad tunc ce (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin tunc, from Latin tum, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

Ancestry of “ad tunc ce”, 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 “ad tunc ce”

  • atunci
  • atumtsea
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