Where does “pronouns” come from?

pronouns (English) comes from English pronoun, from Middle French pronom, from Latin prōnōmen, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

pronouns (English): plural of pronoun

Definitions

  1. plural of pronoun

Ancestry of “pronouns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpronounA type of noun that refers anaphorically to...
2Middle Frenchpronompronoun
3Latinprōnōmenpronoun
4Latinnōmenname
5Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →