Where does “ibis” come from?

ibis (Romanian) comes from French ibis, from Latin ībis, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

ibis (Romanian): ibis

Definitions

  1. ibis

Ancestry of “ibis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchibisibis
2Latinībisibis (wading bird)
3Latineōto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
4Proto-ItaliceōI go
5Proto-Italicejō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Italic ejō →