Where does “ibid.” come from?
Ibid. comes from Latin ibidem, formed from ibis (that place) and the demonstrative suffix -dem, ultimately derived from Latin is and eo (to go).
ibid. (English): ibidem, in the same place. Indicates a reference...
Definitions
- ibidem, in the same place. Indicates a reference...
Ancestry of “ibid.”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ibidem | In that very place; At that very instant;... |
| 2 | Latin | -dem | "demonstrative ending" |
| 3 | English | them | Those ones; Him, her, or it; that one; Those |
| 4 | Middle English | þem | Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | þeim | them, those |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þaimaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sa | that |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |