Where does “ego” come from?

ego (New Latin) comes from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

ego (New Latin): I; first person singular personal pronoun,...

Definitions

  1. I; first person singular personal pronoun,...

Ancestry of “ego”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-ItalicegōI
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂Every word from Proto-Italic egō