Where does “japonesitat” come from?
japonesitat (Catalan) comes from Catalan japonès, from Catalan és, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
japonesitat (Catalan): Japaneseness
Ancestry of “japonesitat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | japonès | Japanese |
| 2 | Catalan | és | |
| 3 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |