paulatim

== Latin == === Etymology === From paulus (“little”) + -ātim (adverb-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pau̯ˈɫaː.tĩː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pau̯ˈlaː.tim] === Adverb === paulātim (not comparable) gradually, little by little, bit by bit ==== Descendants ==== → Spanish: paulatino→ Portuguese: paulatino === References === “paulatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “paulatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “paulatim”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.