Where does “ai” come from?

ai (Latin) comes from Latin aio, from Proto-Italic agjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ǵyéti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- — to say.

ai (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “ai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinaioI say, I assert, I say yes, I affirm
2Proto-Italicagjōto assert
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ǵyéti—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵ-to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ǵyéti →Every word from Proto-Italic agjō →