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
- second-person singular indicative present of...
Ancestry of “puoi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | potere | can, could; be able to; may, might; be possible... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | potere | to be able; second-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | possum | I am able, I can, I may |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *possom | — |