Where does “echo” come from?

echo (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin iectus, from Latin iactus, from Latin iacere, from Latin iaceō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

echo (Spanish): throw

Definitions

  1. throw

Ancestry of “echo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latiniectus
2Latiniactusthrown, having been thrown, hurled, having been...
3Latiniacerepresent active infinitive of iaciō; second-person...
4Latiniaceōto lie prostrate, lie down; recline
5Latin-eō
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eōEvery word from Latin iaceō