vix

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wiks sg (nom.), *wiksu pl (“a turn, bend”, loc.), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /wiks/, [wɪks]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viks/

Adverb

vix (not comparable)

with difficulty; scarcely, barely
(of time) hardly, merely, just

Descendants

Romanian: abia
Romansh: vess
Spanish: abés

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vix”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 686

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