forsit

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin forsit.

Adverb

forsit

perhaps, maybe

Latin

Alternative forms

fors
fors sit

Etymology

From ellipsis of fors (“chance”) + sit (“be”, subjunctive).

Adverb

forsit (not comparable)

perhaps

Synonyms

(perhaps): forsan, forsitan, fortasse, fortassis, forte

Related terms

Descendants

Italo-Dalmatian
- Corsican: forse
- Istriot: fuorsi
- Italian: forse
- Neapolitan: forze
- Sicilian: forsi, fraci
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulian: forsit
- Romansch: forsa, forza
Sardinian: forcis, forsis, fortzis, fossis, frotzis

References

“forsit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“forsit”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
forsit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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