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 — you (plural).
oumem (Mauritian Creole): yourself
Definitions
- yourself
Ancestry of “oumem”, step by step
oumem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Mauritian Creole ou
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | you, ye, you all |
| 6 | Old Latin | vōs | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wōs | you |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | you (plural) |
via Mauritian Creole mem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritian Creole | mem | same; even |
| 2 | French | même | even; same; very |
| 3 | Middle French | mesme | same; even |
| 4 | Old French | mesme | same; used for emphasis |
| 5 | Old French | meïsme | Alternative form of mesme |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | metipsimus | same |
| 7 | Latin | ipse | himself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *e(s)peso | himself, herself, itself |