Where does “opcional” come from?

opcional (Spanish) comes from Spanish opción, 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.

opcional (Spanish): optional

Definitions

  1. optional

Ancestry of “opcional”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishopciónoption
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

Words derived from “opcional”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →