that (distal demonstrative pronoun) · this (proximal demonstrative pronoun) · it (alternative form of ce as a subject of être in tenses other than the present and imperfect indicative)
köken: Syncopic contraction of cela (“that”), from ce + -là. Compare French ceci (“this”).
aile: à ça oui, accrochez-moi-ça, ça a été, ça alors, ça baigne, ça biche, ça bide, ça boume, ça comme, ça commence à bien faire
J'aimerais ça.
Je veux ça.
Ça serait mieux que ça soit toi qui lui dises.
İspanyolcaello, te, tecnología de la información, ti /ˈeʝo/
it, neuter third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun
köken: Inherited from Latin illud, neuter of ille. See also lo.
neuter singular of de (“the”), the definite article
köken: From Middle Dutch dat, which was contracted to 't in usual speech. This form was later interpreted as being the same as the neuter pronoun het (etymology 2, see below), which was contracted in the same way. This then led to the modern merge with het, which some might see as being unetymological.
köken: The pronoun and determiner senses probably derive from an earlier a + a pronoun-forming suffix -z, where the former element originates from Proto-Uralic *o or *u (“that, that other”). Its cognates include Moksha омба (omba, “other”), омбоце (omboce, “second”), Eastern Mari умбал (umbal, “far, distant”), Udmurt отын (otyn, “there”) and Komi-Zyrian ата (ata, “here”), асы (asy, “look here”). The…