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Etymology and origin of the Aromanian word deadun

Confidence
Probable
Formation
Inherited
First attested
1770 Kavalliotis's Protopeiria
Inherited from
Latin de
Ultimate origin
Latin dē,ad,ūnus
Etymology tree
inherited borrowed derived
Latin de
Aromanian deadun
Aromanian di
French de
Italian da
Italian di
Italian dove
From the same root
Latin deante ← de
Latin deforis ← de
Latin deinter ← de
Latin deintro ← de
Latin deintus ← de
Latin denuo ← de
Latin deretro ← de
Latin desubtus ← de
Latin desuper ← de
Latin desursum ← de
Latin undeviginti ← de
French davantage ← de
French debout ← de
French devant ← de
Italian dappertutto ← da
Italian davvero ← da

Forms

deadun[1]

  • Other spellings: deadunu and diadun in Wiktionary;[1] DEADÚN in Papahagi's dictionary;[2] deadúnu in Mihăileanu;[3] deadunu in DIARO;[4] Ντεαντούνου in Kavalliotis's Greek script, which Meyer reads deadunu.[5]
  • Contracted forms: dadun in Cunia and Papahagi;[6][7] dadun, dadin and deadăn in Dalametra.[8] Capidan explains dadun as a contraction of the vowels of deadun.[9]

Etymology

It is inherited from Latin dē (“from, of”) + ad (“to”) + ūnum (“one”), as Papahagi and Meyer derive it.[2][5]

Earliest recorded meaning

The first record is in Kavalliotis's Greek–Aromanian–Albanian word list of 1770, where Ντεαντούνου, read deadunu by Meyer, translates Modern Greek μαζί (mazí, “together”) (misprinted in the list).[5]

Semantic evolution

The word means together, of people or things in one place or doing something side by side.[10][2] It also means in common: Papahagi quotes túte li-avém dadún ("we have them all in common"), Dalametra has di-dadin "in common", and DIARO bană deadunu, a life lived in common.[7][8][4]

Timeline

  • 1770 – Ντεαντούνου (deadunu) “together” in Kavalliotis's word list.[5]
  • 1901 – deadúnu “together” in Mihăileanu's dictionary.[3]
  • 1906 – dadun and deadăn “together” in Dalametra's dictionary.[8]

Meanings

Adverb

  1. together.[10][1][2]
  2. In common.[7][8][4]

Usage notes

Cunia and Papahagi give mpriunã, ãmpriunã and dipriunã as synonyms, and Cunia also barra-bara.[10][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d Papahagi, Tache (1974), Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, 2nd augmented ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. 464
  3. ^ a b Mihăileanu, Ștefan (1901), Dicționar macedo-român, București, p. 140
  4. ^ a b c Caragiu Marioțeanu, Matilda et al. (1997), Dicționar aromân (macedo-vlah) DIARO, A–D, București, p. 282
  5. ^ a b c d Meyer, Gustav (1895), Albanesische Studien IV: Das griechisch-südrumänisch-albanesische Wörterverzeichnis des Kavalliotis, Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, phil.-hist. Classe 132, p. 80
  6. ^ Cunia, Tiberius (2008), Dictsiunar a limbãljei armãneascã, Editsii Timpurarã (after T. Papahagi, Ș. Mihăileanu and I. Dalametra; online at dixionline.net), p. 372
  7. ^ a b c d Papahagi, Tache (1974), Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, 2nd augmented ed., București: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, p. 456
  8. ^ a b c d Dalametra, I. (1906), Dicționar macedo-român, București: Academia Română, p. 75
  9. ^ Capidan, Theodor (1932), Aromânii: dialectul aromân. Studiu lingvistic, București: Academia Română (Academia Română, Studii și cercetări XX), p. 290
  10. ^ a b c Cunia, Tiberius (2008), Dictsiunar a limbãljei armãneascã, Editsii Timpurarã (after T. Papahagi, Ș. Mihăileanu and I. Dalametra; online at dixionline.net), p. 381

Related etymologies

  • featã · also from Latin
  • cu · also from Latin
  • cã · also from Latin
  • tu · also from Latin
  • shi · also from Latin
  • di · also from Latin
  • am · also from Latin
  • yin · also from Latin
Cite this entry

“Deadun.” Etymologically, 26 Oct. 2026, etymologically.com/rup/deadun. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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