Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The self, especially with a sense of self-importance. · The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings. · A person's self-esteem and opinion of themselves. · The individual from whose point of view a family tree or pedigree chart is drawn, or the reference point from whom kinship terminology is relative. (Used without the definite article the.)
To damage someone's ego.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ Proto-Italic *egō Archaic Latin eco Latin egobor. English ego Borrowed from Latin ego (“I”). Chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Ich as a noun for this concept from the pronoun ich (“I”). Doublet of I and Ich.
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