tamdiu

Latin

Etymology

From tam (“so”) +‎ diū (“long”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.di.uː/, [ˈt̪än̪d̪iuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtan.di.u/, [ˈt̪än̪d̪iu]

Adverb

tamdiū (not comparable)

1. (for) so long
2. all this time

Related terms

• quamdiū

Descendants

• Old French: tandis que
• ⇒ Old French: tant dis que (reanalysed as tantōs diēs)
  • Middle French: tant dis, tanz dis, tandis + que or con, com, comme
    • French: tandis que, tandis
• Old Occitan: tandius...quandius

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “tam diu”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 13: T–Ti, page 72

Further reading

• “tamdiu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tamdiu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.