hardly, barely (with difficulty) · hardly, barely, scarcely (in a very small measure) · only, just (no more than)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Vulgar Latin ad Proto-Indo-European *weyk- Proto-Italic *wiks Vulgar Latin vix Vulgar Latin *ad vix Romanian abi Romanian abia Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad vix, from ad + vix. The original form was abi, a variant found in some dialects; the final -a was added by analogy with adverbs like aci(a), aiure(a), acole(a). This suffixation…
köken: Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- Middle French mal- French mal-bor. Esperanto mal- Esperanto facile Esperanto malfacile From mal- + facile.
La malgranda knabo estis en forta febro kaj malfacile bataladis pro spiro.