Where does “oumem” come from?
oumem (Mauritian Creole) comes from Mauritian Creole ou, from French vous, from Middle French vous, from Old French vos, from Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic wōs, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.
oumem (Mauritian Creole): yourself
Ancestry of “oumem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Mauritian Creole | ou | you |
| 2 | French | vous | The plural personal pronoun in the second person;... |
| 3 | Middle French | vous | you; yourself |
| 4 | Old French | vos | you; your; yourself |
| 5 | Latin | vōs | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | vōs | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wōs | you |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | — |