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

Definitions

  1. plural of that

Ancestry of “those”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthosthose
2Middle Englishthothe
3Old Englishþāthe, those; then, when; those
4Proto-Germanicþaithey; those; nominative plural masculine of *sa
5Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “those”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →