noscum

Latin

Etymology

From nōs (“us”, accusative) +‎ -cum (“with”), remodelled from or simply replacing the Classical equivalent nōbīscum which was based on nōbīs (“us”, ablative). The trend in the late vernacular was for the accusative case to be used with all prepositions. Cf. vōscum.

Adverb

nōscum (not comparable) (Late Latin, proscribed)

  1. alternative form of nōbīscum (“with us”)
    • [3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 220:
      nobiscum non noscum
      (The correct form is) nobiscum, not noscum]

Descendants

  • Emilian: nōsk
  • Italian: nosco
  • Lombard: nosc
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: nosco
  • Old Spanish: nosco

References

  • Elcock, William Dennis. 1960. The Romance Languages. London: Faber & Faber. Page 32.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.