Reconstruction:Latin/ecce iste
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From eccistum, an expression meaning 'here he is', changed into a regular determiner. Alternately a separate formation from ecce + iste.
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
*ecce iste m (feminine *ecce ista, neuter *ecce istum) (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
Reconstruction notes[edit]
Subsequently, /-e/ > /-i/, which had metaphonic effects in Old French (> cist). That this change followed the common Proto-Gallo-Roman period, if one can be assumed, is suggested by comparison with the Catalan and Occitan outcomes of *eccum iste, where the stressed vowel underwent no such raising. (Also of note is the apparent survival of final /-e/ in Occitan aqueste.)