Medieval Latin verbatim forms an adverb on verbum with -atim.
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verbātim
word for word
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · word utteranceverbum
word, utterance, expression, language, discourse
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Verbum — Lewis and Short, A Latin DictionaryI.B.1: ad verbum and verbum pro verbo, word for word
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the Classical Latin word-for-word phrase family.
Verbatim — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: Medieval Latin verbatim from verbum + -atim
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Explicitly identifies both components.
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