Etymology

egoistic

ego·is·tic
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Today it means: Egoistical. Full definition →

English egoist ← French égoïste ← Latin ego
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*éǵh₂
  2. Proto-Italic*egō
  3. Latinego
  4. Frenchégoïste
  5. Englishegoist
  6. English todayegoistic

From egoist + -ic.

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