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

Definitions

  1. Your, belonging to you

Ancestry of “votre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchvostreyour
2Old Frenchvostreyour
3LatinvosterAlternative form of vester; your, plural...
4Latinvesteryour, yours, of you
5Proto-Italicwesterosyour
6Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “votre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Proto-Italic westeros →Every word from Latin vester →
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