Where does “cosicché” come from?

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

cosicché (Italian): so that

Definitions

  1. so that

Ancestry of “cosicché”, step by step

cosicché traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian così

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancosìso; like this/that; thus
2Latineccum sicthus, accordingly
3Latineccumbehold him; here!, look!
4Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
5Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
6Proto-Italickehere
7Indo-European*ḱe

via Italian ché

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianchéClipping of perché., comparable to 'cause in...
2Latinquodnominative neuter singular of quī; accusative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷódwhat
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóswho
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe