ad satis

Latin

Etymology

    From ad (“to”) +‎ satis (“enough”).

    Adverb

    ad satis (not comparable) (Early Medieval Latin)

    1. copiously
      • Late 7th c. CE, Vita Sancti Arnulfi:[1]
        aqua squalens erat potus, et neque quotidie apponebatur, neque apposita ad satis sumebatur
        Squalid water served as their drink, and it was not offered every day, nor, once offered, was it drunk in great quantities.

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance: (with loss of t)
      • Corsican: assai
      • Italian: assai
        • → Catalan: assai (Algherese)
        • → Old Catalan: assay
      • Neapolitan: assaje
      • Sicilian: assai
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Ligurian: asæ
      • Lombard: assè, assèi (Alpine)
      • Piedmontese: assè, assà
    • Northern Gallo-Romance:
      • Old French: asez (see there for further descendants)
    • Southern Gallo-Romance:
      • Old Catalan: assau
      • Old Occitan: assatz
        • → Galician: assaz
        • → Old Catalan: assats
        • → Portuguese: assaz
        • → Spanish: asaz

    References

    1. ^ "ad-satis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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