Where does “puoi” come from?

puoi (Italian) comes from Italian potere, from Vulgar Latin potere, from Latin possum, from Proto-Italic *possom.

puoi (Italian): second-person singular indicative present of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular indicative present of...

Ancestry of “puoi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpoterecan, could; be able to; may, might; be possible...
2Vulgar Latinpotereto be able; second-person singular present...
3LatinpossumI am able, I can, I may
4Proto-Italic*possom—
Every word from Proto-Italic *possom →Every word from Latin possum →Every word from Vulgar Latin potere →