Where does “io” come from?

io (Neapolitan) comes from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

io (Neapolitan): I, the first-person singular nominative pronoun

Definitions

  1. I, the first-person singular nominative pronoun

Ancestry of “io”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latineo
2Classical Latinegō̆
3Proto-ItalicegōI
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “io

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Italic egōEvery word from Classical Latin egō̆