Where does “te” come from?
te (French) comes from Middle French te, from Old French te, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
te (French): The name of the Latin-script letter T
Definitions
- The name of the Latin-script letter T
Ancestry of “te”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | te | you, "second-person singular object pronoun"; to... |
| 2 | Old French | te | you; to you; yourself |
| 3 | Latin | tē | — |
| 4 | Latin | tū | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tū | you |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |