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Where does “ese” come from?

ese (Mexican Spanish) comes from Latin ipse, from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso.

ese (Mexican Spanish): The name of the Latin-script letter S; that;...

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S; that;...

Ancestry of “ese”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;...
2Proto-Italic*e(s)peso—
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