Where does “deçà” come from?
deçà (French) comes from French de, from Latin de, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
deçà (French): over here, on this side
Ancestry of “deçà”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | de | of; from; used attributively, often translated... |
| 2 | Latin | de | The name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |