Where does “VIII” come from?
VIII (Translingual) comes from Translingual III, from Translingual i, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin.
Ancestry of “VIII”, step by step
VIII traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Translingual III
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | III | Ⅲ, the Roman numeral three (3) |
| 2 | Translingual | i | cardinal number one; minor tonic triad |
| 3 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 4 | Old French | i | there |
| 5 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 6 | Latin | heic | — |
| 7 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |