Reconstruction:Latin/ad poenam

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This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

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Etymology

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From ad (literally to) +‎ poenam ("pain, suffering" → "difficulty"). Possibly influenced or inspired by Latin paene (almost, barely).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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*ad poenam (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

  1. barely, hardly

Reconstruction notes

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The addition of an adverbial /-s/ can be observed in Iberia and environs. Some descendants have taken on temporal senses, possibly via a semantic pathway such as "barely" → "only just".

Descendants

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