Where does “est” come from?

est (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

est (Latin): third-person singular present active indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present active indicative...

Ancestry of “est”, step by step

est traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

via Proto-Indo-European h₁édti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Proto-Italic est

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicest—
2Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésti—

Words derived from “est”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →
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