Reconstruction:Latin/illince

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From illim +‎ -ce.

Adverb

*illince (not comparable) (Old Latin)

1. thence

Reconstruction notes

It is conceivable that the Romance reflexes do not continue the archaic *illince directly and come instead from Classical illinc, later suffixed a second time with -ce. The same ambiguity occurs with *tunce.

Descendants

• Classical Latin: illinc

Romance survivals:

• Italian: linci (archaic)
• Old Leonese: allence
• Old Galician-Portuguese: alençe

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “allá”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 225