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Where does “ideo” come from?

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

ideo (Latin): for that reason, therefore, thus; and so

Definitions

  1. for that reason, therefore, thus; and so

Ancestry of “ideo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineō—
2Proto-ItaliceōI go
3Proto-Italicejō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →