On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:55:49 +0100, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
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gpiotr@...> wrote:
>I suppose <donc> is indeed a simplification of <donques> = "de + onques/onc". Our Francophone members will surely know.
French donc, Catalan doncs, Italian dunque. According to Coromines
(the hypothesis dates from Schuchardt), it's from Late Latin DUNC
(attested), created out of DUM "while" on the analogy of TUM ~ TUNC
"then", with possibly further influence from DONEC "until, as long
as". Alternatively, it has also been explained as DUM + QUE.
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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