voscum
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom vōs (“you”, accusative pl) + -cum (“with”), remodelled from or simply replacing the Classical equivalent vōbīscum which was based on vōbīs (“you”, ablative pl). The trend in the late vernacular was for the accusative case to be used with all prepositions. Cf. nōscum.
Adverb
editvōscum (not comparable) (Late Latin, proscribed)
- Alternative form of vōbīscum (“with you”)
- 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 221:
- vobiscum non voscum
- [The correct form is] vobiscum, not voscum
Descendants
edit- Emilian: vōsk
- Italian: vosco
- Old Galician-Portuguese: vosco
- Old Spanish: vusco
- ⇒ Old Spanish: convusco
References
edit- Elcock, William Dennis. 1960. The Romance Languages. London: Faber & Faber. Page 32.