ecce hic

Latin

Etymology

From ecce +‎ hīc. Attested in Egeria, Augustine, and Gregory of Tours.

Adverb

ecce hīc (not comparable) (Late Latin)

1. here (emphatic)

Descendants

• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: si, zi
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Franco-Provençal: *ci ⇒ eysi, aici
    • Franco-Provençal: cé
  • Old French: ci (central), chi (northern)
    • Franc-Comtois: si
    • Middle French: cy, sique
      • French: ci
    • Lorrain: si
    • Norman: chite (Bray)
    • Picard: chi, chique (Vraignes)
    • Walloon: ci
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: ací
  • Old Occitan: si, ci ⇒ aici, aicit
    • Occitan: aicí, eicí

      Gascon: ací

• Forms with /i-/ added by analogy with derivatives of illōc:
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Piedmontese: issi
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Old Franco-Provençal: ici
      • Franco-Provençal: icé
    • Oïl:
      • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: icite, éci, écit
      • Bourguignon: icin
      • French: ici
      • Lorrain: icite
      • Norman: ich'in, icin, ichen
      • Picard: ichi

See also

• ecce hoc
• *eccum hīc

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hīc”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 423