ainçois

Etymology
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Adverb

 * 1) before (at a previous time)

Etymology
Either from Vulgar Latin (literally "before the very same") or simply an emphatic form of 🇨🇬, derived from, from. According to Antion Thomas in Romania (number 14, 1885), the latter explanation is more likely, as ainz and ainçois have essentially the same function and sense in Old French.

Adverb

 * 1) before (at a previous time)