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Where does “pource” come from?

pource (French) comes from French cé, from Spanish éste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin.

pource (French): because, therefore, for that cause

Definitions

  1. because, therefore, for that cause

Ancestry of “pource”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchcéThe name of the Latin-script letter C
2Spanishéstethis one
3Latinistethat ; those; that one ; that ; those ones ;...
4Latinhāc—
5Latinhīc—
6Latinheic—
7Latinhicthis; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these...
8Proto-Italichek(e)—
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt—
12Germankitt—
13Old High Germankuti—
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →