4 Comments
User's avatar
тна Return to thread
Darij Grinberg's avatar

The word is probably cognate to "this", right?

Expand full comment
Bryan's avatar

No--"cis" ultimately comes from the Proto-Indo-European *ke, meaning "here," making it a cognate with the word "here."

Expand full comment
Jason Obermeyer's avatar

Functional, it usually means тАЬthis sideтАЭ as opposed to some being across or on the other side or something. Ex. Cisalpine Gaul and Transalpine Gaul.

Expand full comment
Bryan's avatar

Yes, that's how "cis" is used, but that doesn't make it a "cognate" of "this." Cognates are words that descend from the same linguistic root word.

Expand full comment