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jo.

I

2 characters1 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

pron[ʒɔ]Central[jɔ]Central[ʒɔ]Balearic[jo]Northwestern

  1. I

    strong

  2. me

    strong
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan jo~io~yo, from Vulgar Latin eō (attested from the sixth century), from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂; akin to Greek εγώ (egó), Sanskrit अहम् (aham), all from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Occitan jo, Spanish yo, French je, Italian io, Sicilian eu ~ ju.

noun[ʒɔ]Central[jɔ]Central[ʒɔ]Balearic[jo]Northwestern

  1. ego (the self)

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan jo~io~yo, from Vulgar Latin eō (attested from the sixth century), from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂; akin to Greek εγώ (egó), Sanskrit अहम् (aham), all from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Occitan jo, Spanish yo, French je, Italian io, Sicilian eu ~ ju.

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