andous
Old French
Etymology
From Latin ambō, ambi- (“both”) + *du-ī, from duo, duae (“two”), a reduced form of the also-attested ambedous, ambedui. Cognate with Old Italian amendue, Romanian amândoi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ãnˈdou̯s]
Alternative forms
- ambedous
- andeus (later Old French)
- ambedeus (later Old French)
Determiner
andous (nominative andui)
- both
- 12th century, Li Dialogue Gregoire lo Pape
- Se il andous les oust prises, ne nos oust...
- And if he had seized them both, he would not have...
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (andeus)
- "andeus." Anglo-Norman Dictionary (AND2 Online Edition), Aberystwyth University, 2021. Web. 5 April 2021. https://anglo-norman.net/entry/andeus.