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(Îngilîzî)

(Netherlands, formal) immediately, at once
(Belgium, dialectal) later on

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/syˈbit/

Ji Middle Dutch mîras hatiye girtin

subiet

In summary

From Middle Dutch subiet, subijt (“sudden”), from Middle French subit (“sudden”), from Latin subitus (“sudden”) or subitō (“suddenly”). Already in early modern Dutch the meaning “immediately” appeared. The dialectal sense shift from “immediately” to “later on” is similar to English dialectal drekly from directly.