Where does “egoïst” come from?

egoïst (Dutch) comes from German Egoist, from French égoïste, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

egoïst (Dutch): egoist

Definitions

  1. egoist

Ancestry of “egoïst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEgoistegoist
2Frenchégoïsteselfish; egoistic; egoist
3LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
4Proto-ItalicegōI
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “egoïst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →