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
Ancestry of “toi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | tei | Alternative form of toi |
| 2 | Latin | tē | — |
| 3 | Latin | tū | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tū | you |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |