Where does “cel” come from?

cel (Romanian) comes from Romanian acel, from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum, from Latin ecce, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

cel (Romanian): that; the; the one

Definitions

  1. that; the; the one

Ancestry of “cel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianacelthat
2Vulgar Latin*eccum ille—
3Latineccumbehold him; here!, look!
4Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
5Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
6Proto-Italickehere
7Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “cel”

Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →Every word from Latin -ce →Every word from Proto-Italic ke →