Where does “cet” come from?
cet (French) comes from Middle French cest, from Old French cist, from Vulgar Latin *ecce iste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.
cet (French): this
Ancestry of “cet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | cest | masculine singular of ce used before a vowel or a... |
| 2 | Old French | cist | this; this one |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *ecce iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | iste | that ; those; that one ; that ; those ones ;... |
| 5 | Latin | hāc | — |
| 6 | Latin | hīc | — |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |