sodein

Old French

Alternative forms

• sodain
• sodeyn
• sodain
• soudain
• sudain
• sudein
• sodeyn

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *subitānus, from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus.

Adjective

sodein m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sodeine)

1. sudden; quickly with little or no warning

Descendants

• French: soudain
• → Middle English: sodeyn, sodain
  • English: sudden

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (soudain, supplement)
• sudain on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub