Where does “votre” come from?
votre (French) comes from Middle French vostre, from Old French vostre, from Latin voster, from Latin vester, from Proto-Italic westeros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
votre (French): Your, belonging to you
Ancestry of “votre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | vostre | your |
| 2 | Old French | vostre | your |
| 3 | Latin | voster | Alternative form of vester; your, plural... |
| 4 | Latin | vester | your, yours, of you |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | westeros | your |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “votre”