eccum
Latin
Alternative forms
- eccam (feminine)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈek.kum/, [ˈɛkːʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈek.kum/, [ˈɛkːum]
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Contraction
eccum
- Contraction of ecce eum (“behold him”, “here he is”).
Usage notes
Became a remarkably productive deictic prefix in Proto-Romance; see below.
Derived terms
- *eccum hāc
- *eccum hīc
- *eccum hoc
- *eccum illāc
- *eccum ille
- *eccum illōc
- *eccum illūc
- *eccum inde
- *eccum ipse
- *eccum iste
- *eccum modo
- *eccum sīc
- *eccum tālis
- *eccum tantum
Descendants
- Italian: ecco ⇒ vecco (Tuscan) ⇒ vecchelo (Arezzo)
- Old Occitan: ec ⇒ vec, bec, beg, bet, beps
- Sardinian: eccu
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ecce”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 202
Further reading
- “eccum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “eccum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- eccum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette