paulatim

Latin

Etymology

From paulus (“little”) +‎ -ātim (adverb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Adverb

paulātim (not comparable)

  1. gradually, little by little, bit by bit

Descendants

  • → Spanish: paulatino
    • → Portuguese: paulatino

References

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