de foris

Latin

Etymology

From dē (“from”) +‎ forīs (“outside”).

Adverb

dē forīs (not comparable) (Late Latin, proscribed)

from outside
- 5th century C.E., Cledonius (Grammatici Latini v.64.22–3)
  De intus et de foris uenio non possumus dicere quia praepositio aduerbiis numquam iungitur.
  We cannot say 'I am coming de intus or de foris' because prepositions never attach to adverbs.

Descendants

Italian: difuori
Old French: defors
- Middle French: defors, dehors
  - French: dehors
Lombard: defò, dafò, defeu, defeura, dafeura, dehó
Piedmontese: ëdfeura, ëdfòra

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