vix

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wiks sg (nom.), *wiksu pl (“a turn, bend”, loc.), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iks/, [u̯ɪks̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viks/, [viks]

Adverb

vix (not comparable)

with difficulty; scarcely, barely
(of time) hardly, merely, just

Descendants

Romanian: abia
Romansch: vess
Spanish: abés

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vix”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 686

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