Where does “toi” come from?

toi (Middle French) comes from Old French tei, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

toi (Middle French): Alternative form of toy

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of toy

Ancestry of “toi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchteiAlternative form of toi
2Latintē—
3Latintūyou (singular); thou
4Proto-Italictūyou
5Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “toi”

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