Where does “nós” come from?
nós (Indo-Portuguese) comes from Portuguese nós, from Old Portuguese enos, from Old Portuguese os, from Vulgar Latin *lōs, from Latin illōs, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
nós (Indo-Portuguese): we
Ancestry of “nós”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | nós | we; us; "first-person plural objective personal... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | enos | — |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | os | the |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *lōs | — |
| 5 | Latin | illōs | — |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |