Where does “aquel” come from?

aquel (Fala) comes from Old Portuguese aquel, from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

aquel (Fala): that

Definitions

  1. that

Ancestry of “aquel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseaquel
2Vulgar Latin*eccum ille
3Latineccumbehold him; here!, look!
4Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
5Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
6Proto-Italickehere
7Indo-European*ḱe
Every word from Indo-European *ḱeEvery word from Latin -ceEvery word from Proto-Italic ke