Where does “ĉiama” come from?
ĉiama (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĉiam, from Esperanto ĉi, from French ci, from Latin ecce hic, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin.
ĉiama (Esperanto): eternal
Ancestry of “ĉiama”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ĉiam | at all times, always |
| 2 | Esperanto | ĉi | here; just mentioned, the latter; here, this |
| 3 | French | ci | here; this |
| 4 | Latin | ecce hic | — |
| 5 | Latin | hīc | — |
| 6 | Latin | heic | — |
| 7 | Latin | hic | this; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |