Where does “es” come from?
es (Old French) comes from Old French en, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
es (Old French): in the
Ancestry of “es”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | en | in; inside; on; upon; in |
| 2 | Latin | în | — |
| 3 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |