ad satis

Latin

Etymology

From ad (“to”) +‎ satis (“enough”).

Pronunciation
  • (Proto-Italo-Western Romance) IPA(key): /asˈsates/

Adverb

ad satis (not comparable) (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin)

  1. copiously
    • Late 7th c. CE, Vita Sancti Arnulfi:[1]
      aqua squalens erat potus, et neque quotidie apponebatur, neque apposita ad satis sumebatur
      Squalid water served as their drink, and it was not offered every day, nor, once offered, was much of it drunk.

Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: assai
    • Italian: assai
      • → Catalan: assai (Algherese)
      • → Old Catalan: assay
    • Neapolitan: assàje, assai
    • Sicilian: assai
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Ligurian: asæ
    • Lombard: assè, assèi (Alpine)
    • Piedmontese: assè, assà
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: asez (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Old Catalan: assau
    • Old Occitan: assatz
      • → Galician: assaz
      • → Old Catalan: assats
      • → Portuguese: assaz
      • → Spanish: asaz

References
  1. ad-satis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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