Where does “te” come from?
te (Old English) comes from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
te (Old English): to
Ancestry of “te”, step by step
te traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin tē
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | tē | — |
| 2 | Latin | tū | you (singular); thou |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tū | you |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via Proto-Germanic ta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | ta | to |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |