Where does “io” come from?

io (Interlingua) comes from Italian io, from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

io (Interlingua): I

Definitions

  1. I

Ancestry of “io”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianioI, the first person
2Late Latineo—
3Classical Latinegō̆—
4Proto-ItalicegōI
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Classical Latin egō̆ →