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Where does “cest” come from?

cest (Middle French) comes from Old French cist, from Vulgar Latin *ecce iste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin.

cest (Middle French): masculine singular of ce used before a vowel or a...

Definitions

  1. masculine singular of ce used before a vowel or a...

Ancestry of “cest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcistthis; this one
2Vulgar Latin*ecce iste—
3Latinistethat ; those; that one ; that ; those ones ;...
4Latinhāc—
5Latinhīc—
6Latinheic—
7Latinhicthis; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these...
8Proto-Italichek(e)—
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt—
12Germankitt—
13Old High Germankuti—
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin

Words derived from “cest”

  • cet
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