Where does “ĉiu” come from?
ĉiu (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĉi, from French ci, from Latin ecce hic, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe — resin, gum; to say, speak.
ĉiu (Esperanto): each one, everyone, each person; every, all, each
Definitions
- each one, everyone, each person; every, all, each
Ancestry of “ĉiu”, step by step
ĉiu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto ĉi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ĉi | here; just mentioned, the latter; here, this |
| 2 | French | ci | here; this |
| 3 | Latin | ecce hic | here (emphatic) |
| 4 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 5 | Latin | heic | — |
| 6 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Esperanto u
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | u | The name of the Latin-script letter U |
via Esperanto correlative]] prefix
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | correlative]] prefix | — |