Latin

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *wiks sg (nom.), *wiksu pl (a turn, bend, loc.), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Adverb

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    vix (not comparable)

    1. with difficulty; scarcely, barely
    2. hardly, merely, just (of time)

    Descendants

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    • Navarro-Aragonese: veiza (Glosas Emilianenses)
    • Neapolitan: vi (Abruzzese)
    • Romansch: ves
    • Aromanian: ayia
    • Romanian: abia
    • Spanish: abés (archaic)

    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vix”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 686