Where does “essere” come from?

essere (Late Latin) comes from Latin sūm, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.

Ancestry of “essere”, step by step

essere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sūm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsūmto be, exist
2Proto-Italicezomto be
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be

via Classical Latin sum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Latinsum—

Words derived from “essere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi →Every word from Proto-Italic ezom →