Where does “nou” come from?

nou (Mauritian Creole) comes from French nous, from Middle French nous, from Old French nous, from Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic nōs, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

nou (Mauritian Creole): we; us

Definitions

  1. we; us

Ancestry of “nou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchnousThe plural personal pronoun in the first person;...
2Middle Frenchnouswe; ourselves
3Old FrenchnousAlternative form of nos
4Latinnōswe, us
5Proto-Italicnōswe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
7Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “nou”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Italic nōs →