Proto-Italic · reconstructed language
*e(s)peso
pron
Meaning
- himself, herself, itself
Etymology / origin
A compound pronoun from *h₁e + *só. Joining the two pronominal elements is either a particle *-pe (according to De Vaan) or a secondary epenthetic -p- that originally arose when -m-final endings of the first element came into contact with the initial *s of the second element.
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