Where does “essas” come from?
essas (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese essas, from Latin ipsās, from Latin ipse, from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso.
essas (Portuguese): feminine plural of esse; these
Definitions
- feminine plural of esse; these
Ancestry of “essas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | essas | — |
| 2 | Latin | ipsās | — |
| 3 | Latin | ipse | himself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *e(s)peso | — |