Where does “vos” come from?

vos (Fala) comes from Old Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic wōs, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

vos (Fala): Second person plural nominative pronoun; you

Definitions

  1. Second person plural nominative pronoun; you

Ancestry of “vos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevos—
2Latinvōsyou, ye, you all
3Old Latinvōs—
4Proto-Italicwōsyou
5Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōs →Every word from Old Latin vōs →