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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedMiddle French · Middle French · modifier word class

adverbe

adverb

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin grammatical tradition · grammar compound

adverbium

adverb; a word attached to another word or predicate

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SOUND CHANGE

Middle French adverbe continues Latin adverbium with Romance loss of the final syllable.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The Latin technical category enters French and English grammatical vocabulary.

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Adverb — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: Middle French borrowed from Latin adverbium

Names the Latin technical source.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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RELATION / 592adverb

adverbe → adverbium

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