vix

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

vix (not comparable)

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

Descendants

• Navarro-Aragonese: veiza (Glosas Emilianenses)
• Neapolitan: vi (Abruzzese)
• Romansch: ves
• ⇒ Aromanian: ayia
• ⇒ Romanian: abia
• ⇒ Spanish: abés (archaic)

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “vix”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 720