Where does “so” come from?

so (Esperanto) comes from English sho, from Japanese shō.

so (Esperanto): The name of the Latin-script letter S

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S

Ancestry of “so”, step by step

so traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshoPronunciation spelling of sure; Pronunciation...
2Japaneseshō—

via Esperanto s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantos—

Words derived from “so”

Every word from Japanese shō →Every word from English sho →