Where does “acest” come from?
acest (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e), from Proto-Indo-European gʰi-ḱe — resin, gum; to say, speak.
acest (Romanian): this
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Ancestry of “acest”, step by step
acest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin *eccum iste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *eccum iste | — |
| 2 | Latin | iste | that near you; those in the plural |
| 3 | Latin | hāc | this way; these; in this place (or way) |
| 4 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 5 | Latin | heic | — |
| 6 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Latin acquaesitum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | acquaesitum | — |
| 2 | Latin | quaerere | present active infinitive of quaerō;... |
| 3 | Latin | quaero | I seek, look for; I ask, question, inquire,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kʷaizeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₂- | to acquire |