Where does “aqueste” come from?
aqueste (Middle English) comes from Old Occitan aquest, from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Ancestry of “aqueste”, step by step
aqueste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Occitan aquest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | aquest | this |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *eccum iste | — |
| 3 | Latin | iste | that near you; those in the plural |
| 4 | Latin | hāc | this way; these; in this place (or way) |
| 5 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Latin | heic | — |
| 7 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Old French aquest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | aquest | gain |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *acquaerere | — |
| 3 | Latin | quaerō | to seek, look for |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |