Where does “pronom” come from?

pronom (Maltese) comes from Italian pronome, from Latin prōnōmen, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

pronom (Maltese): pronoun

Definitions

  1. pronoun

Ancestry of “pronom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpronomepronoun
2Latinprōnōmenpronoun
3Latinnōmenname
4Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “pronom

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éstiEvery word from Latin est
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