Where does “quassù” come from?
quassù (Italian) comes from Italian qua, from Latin eccum hac, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.
quassù (Italian): up here
Ancestry of “quassù”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | qua | here |
| 2 | Latin | eccum hac | — |
| 3 | Latin | eccum | behold him; here!, look! |
| 4 | Latin | ecce | see!, look!, behold!, points out something with... |
| 5 | Latin | -ce | affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 7 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |