Re: Just a Little Taste of Judean (Part 2)

Tom Wier wrote:
> Yeah, from "ille, illa, illud".  My Latin's pretty rusty, but I'm pretty sure
> that Spanish "esta" etc. descend from another Latin demonstrative,
> "iste".
Si.  And "ese", etc. derives from _ipse_ (as in "ipso facto"), and
_aquel_, etc. comes from _ecce ille_, a stronger form of _ille_.
Incidentally, Latin for _this_, _hoc_, died out except for the word for
"today", _hoy_ < _hoye_ < _hodie_ < _hoc die_ (on this day).  Very
nicely distorted, the only remnant of _die_ isn't even a syllable, just
/j/.

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