ad satis

Latin

Etymology

From ad (“to”) +‎ satis (“enough”).

Adverb

ad satis (not comparable) (Early Medieval Latin)

1. copiously
   • Late 7th c. CE, Vita Sancti Arnulfi:

     aqua squalens erat potus, et neque quotidie apponebatur, neque apposita ad satis sumebatur

     Squalid water served as their drink, and it was not offered every day, nor, once offered, was it drunk in great quantities.

Descendants

• Italo-Romance: (with loss of t)
  • Corsican: assai
  • Italian: assai
    • → Catalan: assai (Algherese)
    • → Old Catalan: assay
  • Neapolitan: assaje
  • Sicilian: assai
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Ligurian: asæ
  • Lombard: assè, assèi (Alpine)
  • Piedmontese: assè, assà
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: asez (see there for further descendants)
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: assau
  • Old Occitan: assatz
    • → Galician: assaz
    • → Old Catalan: assats
    • → Portuguese: assaz
    • → Spanish: asaz

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ad satis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 183