Where does “aqui” come from?
aqui (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese aqui, 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 — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
aqui (Portuguese): here; hither
Definitions
- here; hither
Ancestry of “aqui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | aqui | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | eccu hic | here |
| 3 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |