Where does “egoity” come from?

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

egoity (English): personality; existence as an individual; selfness

Definitions

  1. personality; existence as an individual; selfness

Ancestry of “egoity”, step by step

egoity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ego

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishegoThe self, especially with a sense of...
2LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
3Proto-ItalicegōI
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via English ity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishity—
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →
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