de intus

Latin

Etymology

From dē (“from”) +‎ intus (“inside”).

Adverb

dē intus (not comparable) (Late Latin, proscribed)

1. from within, inside
   • 5th century C.E., Cledonius (Grammatici Latini v.64.22–3)

     De intus et de foris uenio non possumus dicere quia praepositio aduerbiis numquam iungitur.

     We cannot say 'I am coming de intus or de foris' because prepositions never attach to adverbs.

Descendants

• Catalan: dins
• Franco-Provençal: dens
• Old French: denz (see there for further descendants)
• Gascon: dens
• Occitan: dins

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “deĭntus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 31

Further reading

• “de intus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deintus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• deintus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.