Where does “ita” come from?
ita (Ido) comes from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
ita (Ido): that
Definitions
- that
Ancestry of “ita”, step by step
ita traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin iste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | iste | that near you; those in the plural |
| 2 | Latin | hāc | this way; these; in this place (or way) |
| 3 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 4 | Latin | heic | — |
| 5 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Russian тот
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | тот | that, those; the one; the other |
| 2 | Old Turkic | tod- | — |
| 3 | German | tōd | death |
| 4 | Middle High German | tōt | — |
| 5 | Old High German | tōt | dead |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | daud | dead |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | daudaz | dead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰowHtós | — |
via English þat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | þat | so, so that, in order that |
| 2 | Middle English | þat | Alternative form of that |
| 3 | Old English | þæt | nominative/accusative neuter singular of se: the;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *sa |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |