Where does “egoist” come from?

egoist (Turkish) comes from French égoïste, from Latin egō, from Proto-Italic egō, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

egoist (Turkish): egoistic

Definitions

  1. egoistic

Ancestry of “egoist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchégoïsteselfish; egoistic; egoist
2LatinegōI; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
3Proto-ItalicegōI
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic egō →Every word from Latin egō →