Where does “eccum” come from?
eccum (Latin) comes from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.
eccum (Latin): behold him; here!, look!
Ancestry of “eccum”, step by step
eccum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin ecce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ecce | see!, look!, behold!, points out something with... |
| 2 | Latin | -ce | affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 4 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
via Latin eum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | eum | accusative masculine singular of is |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ís | this, he (used as the 3rd person pronoun) |
Words derived from “eccum”