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 — that.

nós (Indo-Portuguese): we

Definitions

  1. we

Ancestry of “nós”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesenóswe; us; "first-person plural objective personal...
2Old Portugueseenos
3Old Portugueseosthe
4Vulgar Latin*lōs
5Latinillōs
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille