suffix
-ce
-ce (particle)
Classical[ˈkɛ]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃɛː]
Meaning
- morphemeparticleaffixed, usually to demonstratives, forming deixes
ce- + -do → cedo
ec- + -ce → ecce
- Old Latinmorphemeparticlesuffixed to demonstratives hic, iste and ille for emphasis.
hic + -ce → hice
[…] mando tibi, Mani, uti illace suovitaurilia fundum agrum terramque meam […] uti cures lustrare.
I offer to you, Manius, this suovetaurilia so that you will care to purify the ground, the field and my land.234 BCE – 149 BCE, Marcus Porcius Cato, De agri cultura 141.1
Origins
From Proto-Italic *ke, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”).