Where does “-eō” come from?

-eō (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “-eō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
2Proto-Italic-ējō—
3Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “-eō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti →Every word from Proto-Italic -ēō →