forsit

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin forsit.

Adverb

forsit

1. perhaps, maybe

Latin

Alternative forms

• fors
• fors sit

Etymology

From ellipsis of fors (“chance”) + sit (“be”, subjunctive).

Adverb

forsit (not comparable)

1. perhaps

Synonyms

• (perhaps): forsan, forsitan, fortasse, fortassis, forte

Related terms

• fors
• forsan
• forsitan
• fortasse
• fortassis
• forte
• fortuītō
• fortuītus
• fortūna

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Corsican: forse
  • Istriot: fuorsi
  • Italian: forse
  • Neapolitan: forze
  • Sicilian: forsi, fraci
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: forsit
  • Romansch: forsa, forza
• Sardinian: forcis, forsis, fortzis, fossis, frotzis

References

• “forsit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “forsit”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• forsit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)