Where does “qua” come from?
qua (Italian) comes from Latin eccum hac, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.
qua (Italian): here
Ancestry of “qua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | eccum hac | — |
| 2 | Latin | eccum | behold him; here!, look! |
| 3 | Latin | ecce | see!, look!, behold!, points out something with... |
| 4 | Latin | -ce | affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 6 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |