sulunc
Old French
Alternative forms
- selonc
- solonc
- solunc
Etymology
Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *sublungum, from Latin sub + longum. Alternatively from a supposed Old French *seon or from son (itself from Latin secundum; compare Old Occitan segon), later crossed with long, lonc.[1]
Preposition
sulunc
- according (to)
Descendants
- French: selon
- Norman: s'lon (Jersey)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “secundus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 11: S–Si, page 385, column 2, final paragraph