Where does “dincolo” come from?
dincolo (Romanian) comes from Romanian încolo, from Romanian colo, from Romanian acolo, from Vulgar Latin eccu illoc, from Latin illoc, from Latin illuc, from Latin illōc, from Latin illud.
dincolo (Romanian): over there; on the other side; on the other side
Definitions
- over there; on the other side; on the other side
Ancestry of “dincolo”, step by step
dincolo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian încolo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | încolo | thither, away, that way |
| 2 | Romanian | colo | there |
| 3 | Romanian | acolo | there |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | eccu illoc | — |
| 5 | Latin | illoc | to that place, there, thither |
| 6 | Latin | illuc | thither, to that place, to there; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | illōc | to that place, there, thither |
| 8 | Latin | illud | nominative neuter singular of ille; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -ce | affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 11 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |