Where does “cá” come from?
cá (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese aca, from Latin eccum hac, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.
cá (Portuguese): here; hither; The name of the Latin-script letter...
Definitions
- here; hither; The name of the Latin-script letter...
Ancestry of “cá”, step by step
cá traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese aca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | aca | — |
| 2 | Latin | eccum hac | here, hither |
| 3 | Latin | eccum | behold him; here!, look! |
| 4 | Latin | ecce | see!, look!, behold!, points out something with... |
| 5 | Latin | -ce | affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 7 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |