Where does “here” come from?
here (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.
here (Latin): yesterday; second-person singular present active...
Definitions
- yesterday; second-person singular present active...
Ancestry of “here”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |
Words derived from “here”