Where does “esto” come from?
esto (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin edo, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
esto (Vulgar Latin): second-person singular future active imperative...
Definitions
- second-person singular future active imperative...
Ancestry of “esto”, step by step
esto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin edo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | edo | I eat; I give out, put or bring forth; eject,... |
| 2 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 3 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 4 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 5 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Latin sto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sto | I stand; I stay, remain; I am |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |