Where does “опцио́н” come from?

опцио́н (Russian) comes from French option, from Latin optiō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Ancestry of “опцио́н”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoptionoption
2Latinoptiōchoosing, choice, preference, option
3Latin-iō—
4Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

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