de retro

de retro

Latin

Etymology

From dē +‎ retrō. First attested in the Vetus Itala.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /deˈrɛtro/

Adverb

dē retrō (not comparable) (Late Latin)

1. from behind

Derived terms

• *dēretrānus
• *dēretrārius

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • ⇒ Romanian: îndărăt
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: dietro ⇒ indietro

    (regional or obsolete) dreto, drieto, dereto, → deretro

  • Sassarese: dareddu
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: deriere, derere, darere, derriere
    • French: derrière
• North Italian:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Emilian: dedré, dadré, addré, dré
    • Ligurian: derê
    • Lombard: dedré, dadré, adré
    • Piedmontese: dré, daré
    • Romagnol: drì, addrì, drìa
  • Istriot: dreîo
  • Venetian: drio
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Aragonese:

    Benasqués: derré, redé

  • Catalan: darrere, radere, raere
  • Old Occitan: dereire, dareire
    • Auvergnat: darrèir
    • Gascon: darrèr, darrèir
    • Languedocien: darrèr, darrièr
    • Limousin: darrier, darrer
    • Provençal: darrier

References

1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “de rĕtro”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 49