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
- masculine singular of ce used before a vowel or a...
Ancestry of “cest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | cist | this; this one |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *ecce 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 |