Where does “est” come from?
est (French) comes from Middle French est, from Old French est, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
est (French): east; third-person singular present indicative of...
Definitions
- east; third-person singular present indicative of...
Ancestry of “est”, step by step
est traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French est
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | est | third-person singular present indicative of estre |
| 2 | Old French | est | third-person singular present indicative of estre |
| 3 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
via Old English ēast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | ēast | east; eastern |
| 2 | Old Norse | austr | east |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | austrą | east; east, eastward |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | austraz | east, eastern |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *h₂éwsteros | in the direction of dawn, east |