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Where does “sunt” come from?

sunt (Latin) comes from Latin sum, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs-.

sunt (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “sunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsumto be, exist, have; to be there; to go
2Proto-Italicezomto be
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-—

Words derived from “sunt”

  • son
  • sunt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →