antiquitus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti-h₃kʷ-o-s

Latin antīquus

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin antīquitus

From antīquus + -tus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [anˈtiː.kʷɪ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [anˈtiː.kʷi.tus]

Adverb

antīquitus (not comparable)

1. formerly
2. in olden times
3. long ago

References

• “antiquitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “antiquitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “antiquitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.