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 edit

Etymology edit

From illim +‎ -ce.

Adverb edit

*illince (not comparable) (Old Latin)

thence

Reconstruction notes edit

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 edit

Classical Latin: illinc

Romance survivals:

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

References edit

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “allá”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 225