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

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

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