Where does “toi” come from?

toi (French) comes from Middle French toi, from Old French tei, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

toi (French): You

Definitions

  1. You

Ancestry of “toi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchtoiAlternative form of toy
2Old FrenchteiAlternative form of toi
3Latintē—
4Latintūyou (singular); thou
5Proto-Italictūyou
6Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “toi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic tū →Every word from Latin tū →