Where does “to” come from?

to (Mauritian Creole) comes from French tu, from Old French tu, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

to (Mauritian Creole): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “to”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtuyou singular
2Old Frenchtuthou
3Latintūyou (singular); thou
4Proto-Italictūyou
5Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “to”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic tū →Every word from Latin tū →