Where does “autoestima” come from?

autoestima (Spanish) comes from Spanish auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

autoestima (Spanish): self-esteem

Definitions

  1. self-esteem

Ancestry of “autoestima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishauto-auto-; drive-in
2Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
3Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe