Where does “haecceity” come from?
haecceity (English) comes from Medieval Latin haecceitas, from Latin haec, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
haecceity (English): The essence of a particular thing that gives it...
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- The essence of a particular thing that gives it...
Ancestry of “haecceity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | haecceitas | thisness; The essence of a particular thing;... |
| 2 | Latin | haec | nominative feminine singular of hic; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |