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Where does “is” come from?

is (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European éy, from Proto-Indo-European h₁e-.

is (Proto-Italic): he, she, it; they

Definitions

  1. he, she, it; they

Ancestry of “is”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—

Words derived from “is”

  • anteal
  • anteally
  • eccu(m) istum
  • isti
  • istic
  • antea
  • praeterea
  • ista
  • istos
  • (ec)cu(m) ista(m)
  • iste
  • eccum isti
  • eatenus
  • is
  • istorum
  • eapropter
  • eccum istae
  • ea
  • eccum istum
  • istum
  • istud
  • istoc
  • istae
  • estas
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