sodein
Old French
Alternative forms
- sodain
- sodeyn
- sodain
- soudain
- sudain
- sudein
- sodeyn
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *subitānus, from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus.
Adjective
sodein m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sodeine)
- sudden; quickly with little or no warning
Descendants
- English: sudden (borrowed)
- French: soudain
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (soudain, supplement)
- sudain on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub