Where does “tiramisù” come from?

tiramisù (Italian) comes from Italian mi, from Latin mihi, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

tiramisù (Italian): tiramisu

Definitions

  1. tiramisu

Ancestry of “tiramisù”, step by step

tiramisù traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmime; The third note, mi; E
2Latinmihidative of ego, indirect object form; me; to me
3LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
4Proto-ItalicegōI
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Italian tira su

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantira supick up

Words derived from “tiramisù”

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