Where does “qui” come from?

qui (Italian) comes from Latin eccum hic, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

qui (Italian): here

Definitions

  1. here

Ancestry of “qui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineccum hichere
2Latineccumbehold him; here!, look!
3Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
4Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
5Proto-Italickehere
6Indo-European*ḱe
Every word from Indo-European *ḱeEvery word from Latin -ceEvery word from Proto-Italic ke