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este, éste (Pronoun, Adjective) "this" 12th cent. From Latin iste 'id.' From Proto-Italic *is-to- 'id.' From late Proto-Indo-European *i̯s-to- 'id.,' earlier *h₁i̯s-so- 'id.' The first element is from *h₁i̯s- "this;" the second is from pronominal stem *so- "this" (see ser). Indo-European Romance Portuguese este, Catalan este, Italian esto, Romanian ăsta Italic Umbrian estu, Pre-Samnite estam, South Picene estas Spanish has three distinct coordinating distances: immediate (éste), not immediate (ese), and far (aquel). This is akin to this, that, and yon (now archaic in all but a few English dialects). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.