Inherited fromVulgar Latin*eccum tantum, fromLatineccum +tantum. (The initial syllable of*eccum- compounds regularly turns to /a-/ in Romanian.) Closely parallel toItaliancotanto andOld Catalanaitant. Compare alsoOld Frenchitant,Old Spanishatanto (as well asFrenchtant,Italiantanto,Spanishtanto). For a clearer view of the phonetic evolution of the Romanian word, compare the Aromanian equivalent and its variants, which maintain clearer vestiges of their etymological origin:Aromanianahtãntu /ahãt /ahãntu.[1]
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atât m orn (feminine singularatâtă,masculine pluralatâți,feminine/neuter pluralatâte)
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