ainçois

Middle French edit

Alternative forms edit

aincois (some manuscripts do not use the character ç)
ainçoiz

Etymology edit

Old French ainçois.

Adverb edit

ainçois

before (at a previous time)

References edit

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ainçois)

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

aincois (manuscript form)

Etymology edit

Either from Vulgar Latin *ante ipsum (literally "before the very same") or simply an emphatic form of Old French ainz, derived from *antius, from ante +‎ -ius. According to Antion Thomas in Romania (number 14, 1885), the latter explanation is more likely, as ainz and ainçois have essentially the same function and sense in Old French.

Adverb edit

ainçois

before (at a previous time)

References edit

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ainçois)