Where does “tous” come from?
tous (Old Catalan) comes from Old Catalan tou, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu, from Polish być, from Polish móc, from Old Polish móc.
tous (Old Catalan): masculine plural of tou
Ancestry of “tous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Catalan | tou | your, yours |
| 2 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 3 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 4 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 5 | Polish | tu | here |
| 6 | Polish | być | to be |
| 7 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 8 | Old Polish | móc | — |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | — |