voscum

Latin

Etymology

From vōs (“you”, accusative pl) +‎ -cum (“with”), remodelled from or simply replacing the Classical equivalent vōbīscum which was based on vōbīs (“you”, ablative pl). The trend in the late vernacular was for the accusative case to be used with all prepositions. Cf. nōscum.

Adverb

vōscum (not comparable) (Late Latin, proscribed)

Alternative form of vōbīscum (“with you”)
- 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 221:
  vobiscum non voscum
  [The correct form is] vobiscum, not voscum

Descendants

Emilian: vōsk
Italian: vosco
Old Galician-Portuguese: vosco
- ⇒ Galician: convosco
- ⇒ Portuguese: convosco
Old Spanish: vusco
- ⇒ Old Spanish: convusco

References

Elcock, William Dennis. 1960. The Romance Languages. London: Faber & Faber. Page 32.

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