Where does “ain' tu” come from?

ain' tu (Latin) comes from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

ain' tu (Latin): are you saying...? what, really? indeed?

Definitions

  1. are you saying...? what, really? indeed?

Ancestry of “ain' tu”, step by step

ain' tu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tū

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintūyou (singular); thou
2Proto-Italictūyou
3Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

via Latin aīs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaīs—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic tū →Every word from Latin tū →