Where does “ĉiuj” come from?

ĉiuj (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ĉiu, 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.

ĉiuj (Esperanto): everyone; everybody; all

Definitions

  1. everyone; everybody; all

Ancestry of “ĉiuj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoĉiueach one, everyone, each person; every, all, each
2Esperantoĉihere; just mentioned, the latter; here, this
3Frenchcihere; this
4Latinecce hichere (emphatic)
5Latinhīcthis; these in the plural
6Latinheic
7Latinhicthis; these in the plural
8Proto-Italichek(e)
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwiduEvery word from Old High German kuti