Where does “vous” come from?

vous (Middle French) comes from Old French vos, from Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic wōs, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

vous (Middle French): you; yourself

Definitions

  1. you; yourself

Ancestry of “vous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvosyou; your; yourself
2Latinvōsyou, ye, you all
3Old Latinvōs—
4Proto-Italicwōsyou
5Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

Words derived from “vous”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōs →Every word from Old Latin vōs →