Reconstruction:Latin/ecce iste

Etymology
From, an expression meaning 'here he is', changed into a regular determiner. Alternately a separate formation from +.

Determiner

 * 1) this

Reconstruction notes
Subsequently, /-e/ > /-i/, which had metaphonic effects in Old French (> ). That this change followed the common Proto-Gallo-Roman period, if one can be assumed, is suggested by comparison with the Catalan and Occitan outcomes of, where the stressed vowel underwent no such raising. (Also of note is the apparent survival of final /-e/ in Occitan .)