Where does “icadie” come from?

icadie (Ido) comes from Ido ica, from French cé, from Spanish éste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.

Ancestry of “icadie”, step by step

icadie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ido ica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoicathis
2FrenchThe name of the Latin-script letter C
3Spanishéstethis one
4Latinistethat near you; those in the plural
5Latinhācthis way; these; in this place (or way)
6Latinhīcthis; these in the plural
7Latinheic
8Latinhicthis; these in the plural
9Proto-Italichek(e)
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
14Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
15Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via Ido dio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idodioday
2Italianday; daytime; second-person singular imperative...
3Italiancircolazionetraffic
4Latincirculatiorevolution (circular course), circulation
5Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
6Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος