Where does “hiatus” come from?
hiatus (Latin) comes from Latin hiō, from Proto-Italic hiāō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁i-eh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁y-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰih₁-.
Ancestry of “hiatus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | hiō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | hiāō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰh₁i-eh₂- | to gape, be wide open |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeh₁y- | to yawn, gape; to gape, be wide open; to gape,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰih₁- | — |