Where does “aqui” come from?
aqui (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin eccu hic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Ancestry of “aqui”, step by step
aqui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin eccu hic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | eccu hic | here |
| 2 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |