Where does “acá” come from?

acá (Asturian) comes from Latin eccum hac, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

acá (Asturian): here (in this place)

Definitions

  1. here (in this place)

Ancestry of “acá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineccum hachere, hither
2Latineccumbehold him; here!, look!
3Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
4Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
5Proto-Italickehere
6Indo-European*ḱe—
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →Every word from Latin -ce →Every word from Proto-Italic ke →