Where does “vouvoy” come from?
vouvoy (English) comes from French vouvoyer, from French voussoyer, from French -oyer, from Old French -oiier, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō — he, she.
vouvoy (English): To address (someone) in French using the formal second-person pronoun vous
Definitions
- To address (someone) in French using the formal second-person pronoun vous
Ancestry of “vouvoy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vouvoyer | to address someone using the formal pronoun vous... |
| 2 | French | voussoyer | — |
| 3 | French | -oyer | A suffix used to form some verbs, often with... |
| 4 | Old French | -oiier | used to form infinitives of some first group... |
| 5 | Latin | -izāre | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ίζειν | present active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |