Where does “yo” come from?

yo (Chavacano) comes from Spanish yo, from Old Spanish yo, from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

yo (Chavacano): I 1st person nominative pronoun

Definitions

  1. I 1st person nominative pronoun

Ancestry of “yo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishyoI; Freud's concept of the ego
2Old Spanishyo
3Late Latineo
4Classical Latinegō̆
5Proto-ItalicegōI
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Italic egōEvery word from Classical Latin egō̆
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