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Where does “Carlylese” come from?

Carlylese (English) comes from English ese, from Mexican Spanish ese, from Latin ipse, from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso.

Carlylese (English): A style of writing characteristic of Thomas...

Definitions

  1. A style of writing characteristic of Thomas...

Ancestry of “Carlylese”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishesedude, man
2Mexican SpanisheseThe name of the Latin-script letter S; that;...
3Latinipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;...
4Proto-Italic*e(s)peso—
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