Where does “ĉiamverda” come from?
ĉiamverda (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.
ĉiamverda (Esperanto): evergreen
Ancestry of “ĉiamverda”, 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 |