Where does “ecce hoc” come from?
ecce hoc (Latin) comes from Latin hōc, from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu, from Proto-Germanic kweduz — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
ecce hoc (Latin): this (emphatic)
Definitions
- this (emphatic)
Ancestry of “ecce hoc”, step by step
ecce hoc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin hōc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | hōc | for this reason, because of this |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 4 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 5 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 6 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |