ETYMOLOGICAL VOCABULARY. X

Dis, prep,, from ; from Lat dripso—9c tempore, De-ipso, con-

tracted into <T ipso, becomes dès, according to Brachet. — From Lat. de-ex, a double préposition, like dans, which repre-

sents de*intus, according to Littré.

Désormais, adv., henceforth; Old French dès ore mais; ore is

from Lat Auto, mais from Lat magis ; properly, from this

hour forward. Similarly dorénavant, which was in Old French

d'ore en avant Devant, /nçO; and adv., before, in front Composed of de and avant.

Derivative, devancer, to anticipate.

Dimanche, suhst., Sunday ; Old Fttmchdietnencke, from Lat dûs»

dominiea, the Lord 's Day.

Donc, adv., then. Aphœresis of Old French adonc, from Lat. ad-

tunc, according to Brachet — — From Lat àe-unquam; ItaL dunque, according to Littré. Dont, adv,, then ; pron., whom, whence ; Old French d*ond, from

Lit de-unde.

En, adv,, then ;pron* of him, her, &c. ; formerly ont, originally int, from Lat indo, which had in popular Latin the sensé of ex Ulo, abillo.

Encore, adv,, again ; formerly ancore, from Lat hanc horam. Eux, porspron, m, pi,, they, them ; formerly eus, originally els, from Lat iUos.

Fois, subsL, time ; from Lat vices. Cf. Pro hac vice, pour cette fois.

Guère, adv,, little, but little, not very. The Word means "much" in Old French : "S'il eut guère vécu, il eust conquis toute l'Italie," says a 14& cent, chronicle. Guère is of German origin.

Hier, adv,, yesterday ; from Lat keri.

Hors, prep,, out ; îormtAy fors y from Làt/oris. Derivative, hormis, except

la, adv., hère; from Lat ecce-kic; whence the adv. ci: ce livre-cL

Jamais, adv,, ever ; from jà and mais, with the sensé of magis,

more.

Je, pers, pron., I ; in the lith cent, y*, in çth cent to and eo, from

Lat. ego, About the middle of the I2th cent, jo was weakened

into/r, just as the Old French forms ço+ lo y are softened into

ee, le.

Jour, subst,, a day ; formerly jor, originally jorn, Italian giorno,

from Lat diurnus, properly diurnal, datiy, then in Low Latin

the length of time called a. day, Cornus ia found for diumus,

in CaroMngian documents.

Jusque, prep., as far as, until ; from Lat. de usaue, which became diusquc\ whence jusque by consonification of M into J. Sa Jour.

La, adv., tfaere ; from Lat. iUac.

Leur, adj., thcir ; from Lat. illorum. Leur, representing illorum,

wasalways invariable; itwasinthe i$th and i6th . centuries . that it began to take /in the pluraL Leur, pers. pron., bas thc

same etymology.

Lqrs, ado . y tben ; fonnerly lores, origiLally tores ; from Lat horm,

with agglutination of the article. Derivative» lorsque, when.

Maintenant, adv., now ; présent participle of maintenir, to main*

tain, taken adverbially : M while holding in hand." Mais, eonj., but ; from Lat magis. The original sensé of " more "

is still seen in the phrase Je n'en peux mais, I cannot do any

more ; (I cannot help it).

Malgré, prep., in spite of ; from mal and gré, Lat gratum. Matin, subit., morning ; from Lat matuiinum.

Meilleur, adj., better; from Lat. meUorem.

Même, adf. t same ; formerly mesme, originally nudisme. Italian

medesimo, from Lat. metipsimus, contracted from metipsissimus. Mieux, adv., better ; formerly miens, originally miels, from Lat

mdius.

Moindre, adj., less, least ; formerly mendre, from Lit muter. Moins, adv. % less, lacking ; from Lat minus.

Œil, subsl., an eye ; formerly oil, from Lat oculus, by regular contraction to oc'lus, found in popular Latin. OU became *uil, then cal. See Yeux.

Ou, conj., or ; Italian o % from Lat oui.

uù, adv., where ; formerly u ; Italian ove, from Lat uH.

Ouï, ado., yes ; formerly oïl, from Lat. hoc Ulud. From Lat hoc cornes Old French form û $ in the thirteenth century, " Ne dire ni o ni non—Ne dire ni oui ni non." Just as hoc became o, so the compound hoc Ulud (it is that same thing) became oïl. This form had answering to it the form nennil (non Ulud) ; and just as nennil lost /, and became nenni in Modem French, so oil became ox, whence oui.

Or, conj., now ; formerly ore (properly, at this hour), from Lat hora. Derivatives, lors, alors, encore, désormais, dorénavant.

Pareil, adj., alike; from Lat. pariculus, derived from par.

Pariculus is found in very ancient mediseval Latin documents. Pas, adv., is the same as pas, subst., a pace ; from Lat passas.

Pas is used as an adverb to strengthen the négation. It ha»

the fui! force of the négative before a noun, an adjective, an

adverb, etc.