Where does “vosaltres” come from?
vosaltres (Catalan) comes from Catalan vós, from Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic wōs, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).
vosaltres (Catalan): you
Ancestry of “vosaltres”, step by step
vosaltres traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan vós
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | vós | you |
| 2 | Latin | vōs | you, ye, you all |
| 3 | Old Latin | vōs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wōs | you |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | you (plural) |
via Catalan altres
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | altres | plural of altre |
| 2 | Catalan | altre | other |
| 3 | Latin | alter | the other, the second; the one...the other |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élteros | other , second |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |