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

Definitions

  1. over here, on this side

Ancestry of “deçà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdeof; from; used attributively, often translated...
2LatindeThe name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Latin de →Every word from French de →
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