de trans

Latin

Etymology

From dē +‎ trans.

Pronunciation

(Proto-Italo-Western-Romance) IPA^(key): /deˈtras/

Preposition

dē trans (+ accusative)

(Late Latin, proscribed) from beyond, from across
- 5th c. CE, Servius[1]
  praepositio etiam de non potest adiungi nomini interveniente adverbio, ut de trans Tiberim venio
  Likewise, the preposition de cannot apply to a noun when an adverb comes between them, as in 'I am coming from across the Tiber'.

Descendants

Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: detrés
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: detràs
- Occitan: detràs
Ibero-Romance:
- Galician: detrás
- Portuguese: detrás
- Spanish: detrás

References

Adams, James Noel. 2013. Social variation and the Latin language. Cambridge University Press. Pages 596, 602.

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