abia.
hardly, barely (with difficulty)
Meaning & usage
hardly, barely (with difficulty)
hardly, barely, scarcely (in a very small measure)
only, just (no more than)
just, only just, scarce (not long ago)
no sooner than; only
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Proto-Indo-European *weyk- Proto-Italic *wiks Latin vix Vulgar Latin *ad vix Romanian abi Romanian abia Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad vix, from ad + vix. The original form was abi, a variant found in some dialects; the final -a was added by analogy with adverbs like aci(a), aiure(a), acole(a). This suffixation coincided with diphthongisation, turning the stressed -i into a glide. In Banat, however, an alternate suffixed form developed also, in which the stressed syllable remained the same; these forms coexisted, occupying different nuances (see usage notes). Compare Aromanian ayia, archaic Spanish abés.
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