Where does “iste” come from?
iste (Latin) comes from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
iste (Latin): that ; those; that one ; that ; those ones ;...
Definitions
- that ; those; that one ; that ; those ones ;...
Ancestry of “iste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | hāc | — |
| 2 | Latin | hīc | — |
| 3 | Latin | heic | — |
| 4 | Latin | hic | this; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | — |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “iste”