Where does “ou” come from?
ou (Haitian Creole) comes from French vous, from Middle French vous, from Old French vos, from Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic wōs, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.
ou (Haitian Creole): you
Ancestry of “ou”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | vous | The plural personal pronoun in the second person;... |
| 2 | Middle French | vous | you; yourself |
| 3 | Old French | vos | you; your; yourself |
| 4 | Latin | vōs | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | vōs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wōs | you |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | — |