Where does “perciò” come from?
perciò (Italian) comes from Italian ciò, from Latin ecce hoc, from Latin hōc, from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
perciò (Italian): so, therefore, consequently, thus
Definitions
- so, therefore, consequently, thus
Ancestry of “perciò”, step by step
perciò traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian ciò
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ciò | this; that |
| 2 | Latin | ecce hoc | this (emphatic) |
| 3 | Latin | hōc | for this reason, because of this |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Italian per
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | per | for; to; through |
| 2 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |