Where does “Egoist” come from?

Egoist (German) comes from French égoïste, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

Egoist (German): egoist

Definitions

  1. egoist

Ancestry of “Egoist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchégoïsteselfish; egoistic; egoist
2LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
3Proto-ItalicegōI
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “Egoist”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →