Where does “così” come from?

così (Italian) comes from Latin eccum sic, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

così (Italian): so; like this/that; thus

Definitions

  1. so; like this/that; thus

Ancestry of “così”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineccum sicthus, accordingly
2Latineccumbehold him; here!, look!
3Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
4Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
5Proto-Italickehere
6Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “così”

Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →Every word from Latin -ce →Every word from Proto-Italic ke →