Where does “-ez” come from?

-ez (French) comes from Latin -ātis, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

-ez (French): suffix forming the formal second-person singular...

Definitions

  1. suffix forming the formal second-person singular...

Ancestry of “-ez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ātisfirst conjugation
2Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “-ez”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-Italic -āō →