eccum

Latin

Alternative forms

eccam (feminine)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛk.kũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛk.kum]

Contraction

eccum

contraction of ecce eum (“behold him”, “here he is”)

Derived terms

*eccum hāc (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum hīc (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum hoc (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum illāc (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum ille (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum illōc (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum illūc (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum inde (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum ipse (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum iste (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum modo (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum sīc (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum tālis (Vulgar Latin)
*eccum tantum (Vulgar Latin)

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: ecco, ⇒ vecco (Tuscan), ⇒ vecchelo (Arezzo)
- Judeo-Italian: אֵיקוֹ (ʔeqo /⁠ecco⁠/)
- Sicilian: eccu
Gallo-Romance:
- Old Occitan: ec, ⇒ vec, bec, beg, bet, beps
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: eccu

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ecce”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 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.