Where does “quest” come from?

quest (Romagnol) comes from Vulgar Latin eccu istu, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

quest (Romagnol): this one, this

Definitions

  1. this one, this

Ancestry of “quest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latineccu istu—
2Latineccumbehold him; here!, look!
3Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
4Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
5Proto-Italickehere
6Indo-European*ḱe—
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →Every word from Latin -ce →Every word from Proto-Italic ke →