Where does “ico” come from?
ico (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.
ico (Ido): this
Definitions
- this
Ancestry of “ico”, step by step
ico traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido ica
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | ica | this |
| 2 | French | cé | The name of the Latin-script letter C |
| 3 | Spanish | éste | this one |
| 4 | Latin | iste | that near you; those in the plural |
| 5 | Latin | hāc | this way; these; in this place (or way) |
| 6 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via Ido o
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | o | Apocopic form of od |