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.
vous (French): The plural personal pronoun in the second person;...
Definitions
- The plural personal pronoun in the second person;...
Ancestry of “vous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | vous | you; yourself |
| 2 | Old French | vos | you; your; yourself |
| 3 | Latin | vōs | — |
| 4 | Old Latin | vōs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wōs | you |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | — |
Words derived from “vous”