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Where does “ejō” come from?

ejō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

Ancestry of “ejō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “ejō”

  • issues
  • issue
  • suddenly
  • sudden
  • transition
  • circuit
  • ambition
  • initiative
  • exit
  • ambitious
  • commencement
  • initiation
  • initiate
  • transit
  • commence
  • transitional
  • ambient
  • issuer
  • trance
  • issuance
  • transitory
  • transitive
  • circuitry
  • suddenness
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