andous

Old French

Etymology

From Latin ambō, ambi- (“both”) + *du-ī, from duo, duae (“two”), a reduced form of the also-attested ambedous, ambedui. Cognate with Old Italian amendue, Romanian amândoi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ãnˈdou̯s]

Alternative forms

ambedous
andeus (later Old French)
ambedeus (later Old French)

Determiner

andous (nominative andui)

both
- 12th century, Li Dialogue Gregoire lo Pape
- Se il andous les oust prises, ne nos oust...
  And if he had seized them both, he would not have...

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (andeus)
"andeus." Anglo-Norman Dictionary (AND2 Online Edition), Aberystwyth University, 2021. Web. 5 April 2021. https://anglo-norman.net/entry/andeus.

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