ego

Japanese: ego
ego

…That is why, except for anthropomorphic expressions, the word is only used for self-conscious things. In Europe, for example, the modern English word I was anciently called ic, a word of the same family as German ich, and can be traced back to Latin ego and Greek egō. In these languages, the subject person is usually indicated by a verb conjugation, so ego and egō were only used when the speaker particularly emphasized himself. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "ego" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…だからこそ,その語は,擬人的表現などの場合を除けば,自己意識をもったものにしか使われないのである。 ヨーロッパでも,たとえば現代英語のIは,古くはicであり,ドイツ語のichなどと同族の語であって,ラテン語のエゴegoやギリシア語のegōにさかのぼることができる。ところで,これらの言語では普通,主語の人称は動詞の変化で示されるから,egoやegōという語は,話し手がとくに自分を強調する場合にしか使われなかった。…

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