subiet
Dutch
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch subiet, subijt (“sudden”), from Middle French subit (“sudden”), from Latin subitus (“sudden”) or subitō (“suddenly”).
Already in early modern Dutch the meaning “immediately” appeared. The dialectal sense shift from “immediately” to “later on” is similar to English dialectal drekly from directly.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editsubiet
- (chiefly Netherlands, formal) immediately, at once.
- Synonyms: gelijk, meteen, onmiddellijk, subito
- (Belgium, dialectal) later on
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editFranco-Provençal
editNoun
editsubiet (Fribourgeois)
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sībĭlare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 566
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