Where does “è” come from?

è (Neapolitan) comes from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

è (Neapolitan): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “è”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →