andous
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Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ambō, ambi- (“both”) + *du-ī, from duo, duae (“two”), a reduced form of the also-attested ambedous, ambedui. Cognate with Old Italian amendue, Romanian amândoi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]andous (nominative andui)
- both
- 12th century, Li Dialogue Gregoire lo Pape:
- Se il andous les oust prises, ne nos oust...
- If he had seized them both, he would not have...
References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (andeus)
- "andeus." Anglo-Norman Dictionary (AND2 Online Edition), Aberystwyth University, 2021. Web. 5 April 2021. https://anglo-norman.net/entry/andeus.