zò

Sicilian

Etymology

From Late Latin ecce hoc, from ecce (“behold, voilà”) +‎ hoc (“this”). Compare Italian ciò. The Sicilian pronunciation of Vulgar Latin /kk/ before a front vowel changed to a geminated voiceless alveolar sibilant affricate [t̚t͡s]; cfr. Sicilian fazzu (“I do”).

Pronoun

zò

  1. (archaic) this; what

Derived terms
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