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codesto

Italian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Determiner edit

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

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

Pronoun edit

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 edit

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