Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Catalan abants, from Vulgar Latin *abantius, from Late Latin ab ante (with /-(i)us/ added perhaps by analogy with prius), from ab (from) +‎ ante (before). Compare Occitan abans.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

abans

  1. before (earlier than in time)
  2. before (in front of)

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Gothic edit

Romanization edit

abans

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐍃

Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *abantius, from Late Latin ab ante (with /-(i)us/ added perhaps by analogy with prius), from ab (from) +‎ ante (before). Compare Catalan abans. Attested from the 12th century.[1]

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Adverb edit

abans

  1. before (earlier than in time)

References edit

  1. ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 2.