de trans

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dē +‎ trans.

Preposition edit

dē trans (+ accusative) (Late Latin, proscribed)

from beyond, from across
- 5th c. CE, Servius^[1]
  praepositio etiam de non potest adiungi nomini interveniente adverbio, ut de trans Tiberim venio
  Likewise, the preposition de cannot apply to a noun when an adverb comes between them, as in 'I come from across the Tiber'.

Descendants edit

Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: detràs
- Old French: detrés
- Occitan: detràs
Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: detrás
- Portuguese: detrás
- Spanish: detrás

References edit

^ Adams, J. N. (2013) Social Variation and the Latin Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 596, 602

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