Where does “subit” come from?

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

subit (Romanian): sudden, unexpected

Definitions

  1. sudden, unexpected

Ancestry of “subit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsubitsudden; third-person singular present indicative...
2Latinsubitusapproached; succeeded; occurred
3LatinsubeoI go under, come under; enter; I go up to,...
4Latinto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
5Proto-ItalicI go
6Proto-Italicejō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-