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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂et(i)}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈat]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈat]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''at''' ^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*ati]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂et(i)|t=back, away]]; the final /t/ goes back to Proto-Italic ⟨*-ti⟩.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The old prefix use survives in [[atavus|t=great-great-great-grandfather]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ Cognate with [[grc|ἀτάρ|tr=atár|t=but, nevertheless]], [[sga|aith-|t=again]], [[lt|at-|t=back]], [[cu|отъ|tr=otŭ|t=from]] and [[got|𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽|tr=aþþan|t=but]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan notes that it is not fully clear which cognates belong to “at” and which to [[et]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ It is found from Plautus on.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ ''At'' marks a contrast between persons or things (“but, on the other hand”), a change of subject in narrative (“now, meanwhile”), and a contrast with what precedes.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Alone or with ''enim'' it introduces an objection (“but, you will say”).^(OLD 2012) ''At tamen'' “but yet” is often written as one word.^(OLD 2012)
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+ The form [[ast]] is also found.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – First found in Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''at Rōmulus pulcher …'', contrasting Romulus with Remus.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Conjunction===
+ # [[m|en|but]], however, on the other hand.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # Whereas, meanwhile, now (changing the subject).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # But, you will say (introducing an objection).^(OLD 2012)
+ # On the contrary, instead.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[atquī]]
+ * [[atavus]]
+ * [[atque]]
+ * [[ac]]
+ * [[attamen]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[et]]
+ * [[sed]]
+ * [[autem]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}