Where does “those” come from?
Those derives from Middle English thos, Old English þus and þū, Proto-Germanic sa, and Proto-Indo-European só, a demonstrative pronoun meaning "that" or "that one."
those (English): plural of that
Ancestry of “those”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | thos | those |
| 2 | Middle English | tho | the |
| 3 | Old English | þā | the, those; then, when; those |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þai | they; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
Words derived from “those”