Middle French

Alternative forms

• adonc
• adont

Adverb

adoncques

1. so; thus
   • 1534, François Rabelais, Gargantua:

     Adoncques partirent luy et Prelinguand, escuyer de Vauguyon, et sans effroy espierent de tous coustez

     So he and Prelinguand, the shield-bearer of Vauguyon, left and without fear they looked from every side.

Descendants

• French: adonc