Where does “gekes” come from?
gekes (Old French) comes from Latin usque, from Proto-Italic ūskʷe, from Proto-Indo-European úds-kʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
gekes (Old French): until
Ancestry of “gekes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | usque | all the way; until, up to |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | ūskʷe | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | úds-kʷe | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |