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Where does “vôs” come from?

vôs (Friulian) comes from Portuguese você, from Portuguese vosmecê, from Portuguese vossemecê, from Old Portuguese vossa mercee, from Latin vostra, from Latin voster, from Latin vester, from Proto-Italic westeros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

vôs (Friulian): voice

Definitions

  1. voice

Ancestry of “vôs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesevocêyou; you; one
2PortuguesevosmecêArchaic form of você
3PortuguesevossemecêArchaic form of você
4Old Portuguesevossa mercee—
5LatinvostraAlternative form of vestra
6LatinvosterAlternative form of vester; your, plural...
7Latinvesteryour, yours, of you
8Proto-Italicwesterosyour
9Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “vôs”

  • vosâ
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