Where does “te” come from?

te (Fala) comes from Old Portuguese te, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

te (Fala): Second person singular dative and accusative pronoun; you

Definitions

  1. Second person singular dative and accusative pronoun; you

Ancestry of “te”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesete—
2Latintē—
3Latintūyou (singular); thou
4Proto-Italictūyou
5Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic tū →Every word from Latin tū →