çà

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French and Old French ça, from Vulgar Latin *ecce hāc. Compare Portuguese , Spanish acá. The grave accent now serves to distinguish it from ça (that). However, çà was already widely spelt thus before ça became common in writing, and in fact the accent was formerly also found for the latter. Thus perhaps by analogy with . Compare also (where the accent has no clear purpose).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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çà

  1. (archaic) hither

Usage notes

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Derived terms

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Interjection

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çà

  1. so, well, then (with exhortative or intensive effect)
  2. (archaic) la! (expressing strong emotion of anger, surprise etc.)

References

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