Where does “egoïsme” come from?

egoïsme (Dutch) comes from German Egoismus, from New Latin egoismus, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

egoïsme (Dutch): egoism

Definitions

  1. egoism

Ancestry of “egoïsme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEgoismusegoism
2New Latinegoismus—
3LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
4Proto-ItalicegōI
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →