codesto

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Italian cotesto, from Old Italian cotevesto, contracted from a Vulgar Latin introductory locution *eccum tibi istum;[1] compare *eccum iste whence Italian questo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koˈde.sto/
  • Rhymes: -esto
  • Hyphenation: co‧dé‧sto

Determiner

codesto (feminine codesta, masculine plural codesti, feminine plural codeste)

  1. (dated, regional, literary) this, that (referring to an object close to the addressee)

Pronoun

codesto (feminine codesta, masculine plural codesti, feminine plural codeste)

  1. (dated, regional, literary) this, that (referring to an object close to the addressee)
    Synonyms: questo, quello

References
  1. Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 137
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