Where does “opció” come from?

opció (Catalan) comes from Latin optiō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

opció (Catalan): option

Definitions

  1. option

Ancestry of “opció”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoptiōchoosing, choice, preference, option
2Latin-iō—
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →