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Where does “εκεί” come from?

εκεί (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἐκεῖ, from Ancient Greek ἐκεῖνος, from Ancient Greek ἐ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.

εκεί (Greek): there

Definitions

  1. there

Ancestry of “εκεί”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐκεῖdemonstrative adverb there, in that place;...
2Ancient Greekἐκεῖνοςthat
3Ancient Greekἐ-augment
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—
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