Where does “api” come from?

api (Latin) comes from Latin apo, from Proto-Italic apō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

api (Latin): first-person singular perfect active indicative...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative...

Ancestry of “api”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinapoI fasten; attach, connect; join, bind
2Proto-Italicapō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- →Every word from Proto-Italic apō →Every word from Latin apo →