Where does “eō” come from?

eō (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

eō (Latin): to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)

Definitions

  1. to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)

Ancestry of “eō”, step by step

eō traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic eō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-ItaliceōI go
2Proto-Italicejō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Classical Latin egō̆

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Latinegō̆—
2Proto-ItalicegōI
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Proto-Indo-European h₁éy-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éy-he, this

Words derived from “eō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →