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Where does “ecceità” come from?

ecceità (Italian) comes from Medieval Latin haecceitas, from Latin haec, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

ecceità (Italian): haecceity, thisness

Definitions

  1. haecceity, thisness

Ancestry of “ecceità”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinhaecceitasthisness; The essence of a particular thing;...
2Latinhaecnominative feminine singular of hic; nominative...
3Latinhicthis; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these...
4Proto-Italichek(e)—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
7Middle Englishkyt—
8Germankitt—
9Old High Germankuti—
10Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
11Proto-Germanickweduzresin
12Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
13Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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