Where does “subit” come from?

subit (French) comes from Latin subitus, from Latin subeo, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

subit (French): sudden; third-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. sudden; third-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “subit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsubitusapproached; succeeded; occurred
2LatinsubeoI go under, come under; enter; I go up to,...
3Latinto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
4Proto-ItalicI go
5Proto-Italicejō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “subit

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-
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