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es

Pronunciation: [ɛs]

“es” is a Latvian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. I; first person pronoun, referring to the speaker

noun

  1. I, ego (the essence of a person)
  2. The Latvian name of the Latin script letter S/s.

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēź-, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵ (from *éǵh₂). The non-nominative forms derive from Proto-Indo-European dependent stem *me- (the a instead of e in the Baltic languages appears to result from Iranian influence): reduplicated *me-me- → *mene → Proto-Baltic genitive/accusative *mane → *manen (by analogy with other accusatives) → *manens (by analogy with other genitives) →…

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