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cis.

on or to this or the near side of; short of

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

prep[ˈkɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈt͡ʃis]
  1. on or to this or the near side of; short of

    with-accusative
  2. before

    with-accusative
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *ki, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”). Cognate with ce-dō, hi-c, ec-ce, Ancient Greek ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos, “that”), Old Irish cē (“here”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 (himma, “to this”). More at he, here. The accusative could be from either the adverbial derivation, a metaphor like in post and ante, or analogy with trāns.

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