Where does “yo” come from?

yo (Middle English) comes from Middle English ya, from Old English ġēa, from Proto-West Germanic jā, from Proto-Germanic ja, from Proto-Indo-European yē — already.

yo (Middle English): Alternative form of yow; Alternative form of heo

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of yow; Alternative form of heo

Ancestry of “yo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishyayes, yea
2Old Englishġēayes, yea; district, region; yea, yes
3Proto-West Germanicjāyes; thus, so
4Proto-Germanicjayes; thus, so
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyēalready

Words derived from “yo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yē →