adverb
īnstanter
īnstanter (comparative īnstantius, superlative īnstantissimē)
Meaning
- urgently, insistently
- vehemently, violently
- Medieval Latininstantly, immediately
instanter, adv., v. insto
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(īnstanter) adv.,
earnestly, pressingly.—Only comp: instantius concurrere, Ta.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*énu
- Latinīnstanter
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin īnstō Latin īnstāns Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin īnstanter From īnstāns + -ter.