Where does “nous” come from?

nous (Middle French) comes from Old French nous, from Latin nōs, from Proto-Italic nōs, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

nous (Middle French): we; ourselves

Definitions

  1. we; ourselves

Ancestry of “nous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchnousAlternative form of nos
2Latinnōswe, us
3Proto-Italicnōswe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “nous”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy →Every word from Proto-Italic nōs →