ceu

See also: céu and CEU

Latin

Etymology

Apocope of ce- +‎ -ve (an earlier form *ceve, as in neu - neve and seu - sive is unattested), ultimately from Proto-Italic *keiwe, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- + *-wē.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /keu̯/, [kɛu̯]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /keu̯/, [kɛːu̯]

Adverb

ceu (not comparable)

as, like, just as

References

“ceu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ceu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ceu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Noun

ceu m

sky

References

Pallabreiru Llïonés

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