Where does “ego-” come from?

ego- (English) comes from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ego- (English): self; goats

Definitions

  1. self; goats

Ancestry of “ego-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
2Proto-ItalicegōI
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “ego-”

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