Where does “ibis” come from?
ibis (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin ībis, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
Ancestry of “ibis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ībis | — |
| 2 | Latin | eō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
Words derived from “ibis”