Where does “ti” come from?

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

ti (Fala): Second person singular prepositional pronoun; you

Definitions

  1. Second person singular prepositional pronoun; you

Ancestry of “ti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseti—
2Latintibito you; dative of tū
3Latintē—
4Latintūyou (singular); thou
5Proto-Italictūyou
6Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic tū →Every word from Latin tū →