ad Deum

Latin

Etymolog

Literally, “to God”.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈad ˈde.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈad̪ ˈd̪ɛː.um]

Interjection

(Medieval Latin, idiomatic) goodbye

Synonyms

vale

Descendants

Italo-Dalmatian
- Italian: addio
  - → Greek: αντίο (antío)
  - → Romanian: adio
  - → Serbo-Croatian: adio, адио
  - → Slovene: adȋjo
- Sassarese: adiòssu
- Sicilian: addiu
  - → Maltese: addiju
Occitano-Romance
- Catalan: adeu
- Occitan: adieu
Old French: adieu
- French: adieu (see there for further descendants)
- Walloon: ada
- → Middle Dutch: adiu
  - Dutch: adieu
    - Negerhollands: adjo, adjoe
      - → Virgin Islands Creole: adio
  - Dutch: aju, ajuus
    - → Low German: adjüs ⇒ tschüß
      - → German: tschüss
        → Czech: čus
- → Middle English: adieu, adew, adewe, adue
  - English: adieu
- → Middle High German: adē
  - German: ade
Sardinian: adiòsu
West Iberian
- Aragonese: adiós
- Extremaduran: adiós
- Old Leonese:
  - Asturian: adiós
  - Mirandese: adius
- Old Galician-Portuguese:
  - Galician: adeus
  - Portuguese: adeus
    - Papiamentu: ayó
    - → Konkani: आदेव्स (ādevsa)
- Old Spanish:
  - Ladino: adio, אדיו
  - Spanish: adiós (see there for further descendants)

References

"Ad Deum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)