Where does “ego” come from?
ego (Italian) comes from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
ego (Italian): ego
Ancestry of “ego”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | egō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | egō | I |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |