Where does “tantoché” come from?
tantoché (Italian) comes from Italian che, from Latin quid, from Proto-Italic kʷid, from Proto-Indo-European kʷíd, from Proto-Indo-European kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European kʷi- — interrogative base.
tantoché (Italian): so, so that
Ancestry of “tantoché”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | che | what; which; who; whom; which; nominative and... |
| 2 | Latin | quid | neuter nominative/accusative singular of quis;... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kʷid | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷíd | neuter nominative/accusative singular of *kʷís |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷís | who, what; who, which, that; which, what |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷi- | interrogative base |