Where does “çé” come from?
çé (Louisiana Creole) comes from French c’est, from French cé, from Spanish éste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.
çé (Louisiana Creole): (he/she/it/this/that) be
Definitions
- (he/she/it/this/that) be
Ancestry of “çé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | c’est | it is (used to define the preceding word) |
| 2 | French | cé | The name of the Latin-script letter C |
| 3 | Spanish | éste | this one |
| 4 | Latin | iste | that near you; those in the plural |
| 5 | Latin | hāc | this way; these; in this place (or way) |
| 6 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |