Where does “tu” come from?

tu (French) comes from Old French tu, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

tu (French): you singular

Definitions

  1. you singular

Ancestry of “tu”, step by step

tu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French tu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtuthou
2Latintūyou (singular); thou
3Proto-Italictūyou
4Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

via French t-il

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frencht-il—

Words derived from “tu”

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