Where does “questa” come from?

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

questa (Romansch): this

Definitions

  1. this

Ancestry of “questa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanschquestthis
2Vulgar Latineccu istu—
3Latineccumbehold him; here!, look!
4Latineccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with...
5Latin-ceaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming...
6Proto-Italickehere
7Indo-European*ḱe—
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →Every word from Latin -ce →Every word from Proto-Italic ke →