Where does “zotmem” come from?
zotmem (Mauritian Creole) comes from Mauritian Creole zot, from French autres, from French autre, from Middle French aultre, from Old French autre, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam — to live.
zotmem (Mauritian Creole): yourselves; themselves
Definitions
- yourselves; themselves
Ancestry of “zotmem”, step by step
zotmem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Mauritian Creole zot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritian Creole | zot | you, y'all; they, them |
| 2 | French | autres | plural of autre; the other guys |
| 3 | French | autre | other; another |
| 4 | Middle French | aultre | other; another; someone else; another person |
| 5 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 6 | Old French | vie | life |
| 7 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 8 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 9 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 10 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
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 |