tandem

Meaning

  1. (not-comparable) at length, at last, finally, eventually
  2. (not-comparable) used also as an adverbial intensifier of interrogatives to a somewhat greater degree than -nam

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈtan.dẽː]
Etymology

From tam (“so”) + -dem (“new interpreted particle from īdem”). Compare with its earlier doublet: tamen. Both with original meaning supposedly "so(much)ever".

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