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Where does “eccum” come from?

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

eccum (Late Latin): behold him; here!, look!

Definitions

  1. behold him; here!, look!

Ancestry of “eccum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
2Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
3Proto-Italickehere
4Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “eccum”

  • ecco
  • eccoci
  • rieccoci
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