"here" in seven languages
Meaninghere
Spanish
aquí
/aˈki/
inherited
French
ici
/isi/
inherited
From ECCE HĪC.
Italian
qui
/kwi/
inherited
Portuguese
aqui
/aˈki/
inherited
Romanian
aici
/aˈitʃi/
other source · Latin *AD HĪCCE 'to here'
Catalan
aquí
/əˈki/
inherited
English
here
/hɪɹ/
native English · Old English hēr
English → ItalianherequiNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
ECCUM HĪC‘look, here!’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Plain HĪC 'here' was too short to last, so speakers pointed: 'look — here!' Spanish lost the w-glide that Italian keeps (aquí vs qui).
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In a sentence
- es¡Ven aquí!
- frViens ici !
- itVieni qui!
- ptVem aqui!
- roVino aici!
- caVine aquí!
- enCome here!