Where does “vous” come from?

vous (French) comes from Middle French vous, from Old French vos, from Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic wōs, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

vous (French): The plural personal pronoun in the second person;...

Definitions

  1. The plural personal pronoun in the second person;...

Ancestry of “vous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchvousyou; yourself
2Old Frenchvosyou; your; yourself
3Latinvōsyou, ye, you all
4Old Latinvōs—
5Proto-Italicwōsyou
6Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

Words derived from “vous”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōs →Every word from Old Latin vōs →