Where does “-i” come from?

-i (Italian) comes from Latin -i, from Latin -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- — he, this.

-i (Italian): Used with a stem to form the second-person...

Definitions

  1. Used with a stem to form the second-person...

Ancestry of “-i”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-inominative/vocative masculine plural of -us;...
2Latin-ēsfirst conjugation
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éy-he, this

Words derived from “-i”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- →Every word from Latin -ēs →Every word from Latin -i →