Where does “vos” come from?

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

vos (Franco-Provençal): you second-person plural nominative, accusative, dative, or tonic

Definitions

  1. you second-person plural nominative, accusative, dative, or tonic

Ancestry of “vos”, step by step

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