Where does “kil” come from?

kil (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese aquele, from Old Portuguese aquele, from Vulgar Latin eccu ille, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

kil (Guinea-Bissau Creole): this; that

Definitions

  1. this; that

Ancestry of “kil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseaquelethat; that over there, yon
2Old Portugueseaquele
3Vulgar Latineccu ille
4Latineccumbehold him; here!, look!
5Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
6Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
7Proto-Italickehere
8Indo-European*ḱe
Every word from Indo-European *ḱeEvery word from Latin -ceEvery word from Proto-Italic ke