depuis French · revision 16336

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1135, Couronnement de Louis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /də.pɥi/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Louisiana): /de.pi/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Louisiana): /dɑ̃.pɥi/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Louisiana): /dɑ̃.py/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''depuis'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|fro|de|puis]], from the preposition “de” and [[puis]].^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(FEW|9, 243a) Wiktionary derives it from Late Latin “dē post”, influenced by “puis” or by a later “*dē postius”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ Cognate with [[pt|depois]], [[es|después]] and [[it|dopo]].^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found about 1135 in the ''Couronnement de Louis'' as a preposition, ''depuis la mort Guaifier'' “since Guaifier's death”.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a preposition it marks the starting point of a period still going on, past or to come; until the classical period it could also mark a past moment, a use since taken over by ''il y a''.^(DHLF 1992) It has marked a starting point in space from about 1360, and in a series or a range of prices from the same date.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989) The adverb, “from then until now”, is found from about 1131 (1280 in the TLFi), and ''du depuis'' was used in Middle French and the classical language (about 1410).^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) ''Depuis que'' dates from the late 12th century and has ousted the senses “after” (1389) and “since, given that” (1373).^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

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+ In Swiss French ''depuis tout petit'' means “since early childhood”, and in African and Malagasy French ''depuis'' alone means “for a long time”.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1135 – Preposition ''depuis'' in the ''Couronnement de Louis''.^(TLFi)

+ * Late 12th century – ''Depuis ke'' in the Oxford ''Folie Tristan''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1280 – Used as an adverb.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1360 – Starting point in space.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1395 – ''Depuis les oreilles'' in the ''Ménagier de Paris''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1410 – ''Du depuis''.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Preposition===

+ # [[m|en|since|alt=Since]] (a point in time): ''depuis le 15 mars'', ''depuis la Révolution''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # For (a duration up to now): ''Il est absent depuis dix jours.''^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # From (a place): ''depuis le haut jusqu'en bas''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

+ # From, starting at (a price, a rank): ''des chambres depuis cinquante euros''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ # ''Depuis que'': since, ever since.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # Since then: ''Nous ne l'avons pas revu depuis.''^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Africa, Madagascar)'' For a long time.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[puis]]

+ * [[de]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}