Where does “pia” come from?
pia (Esperanto) comes from French pieux, from Middle French pieux, from Old French piu, from Latin pīus, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
pia (Esperanto): pious
Ancestry of “pia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pieux | pious; plural of pieu |
| 2 | Middle French | pieux | pious |
| 3 | Old French | piu | — |
| 4 | Latin | pīus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |