Where does “acolo” come from?
acolo (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin eccu illoc, from Latin illoc, from Latin illuc, from Latin illōc, from Latin illud, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.
acolo (Romanian): there
Ancestry of “acolo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | eccu illoc | — |
| 2 | Latin | illoc | to that place, there, thither |
| 3 | Latin | illuc | thither, to that place, to there; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | illōc | — |
| 5 | Latin | illud | nominative neuter singular of ille; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -ce | affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 8 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |