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Where does “ou” come from?

ou (Old French) comes from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei.

ou (Old French): or; where

Definitions

  1. or; where

Ancestry of “ou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinubī—
2Latincubī—
3Proto-Italic*kʷuðei—

Words derived from “ou”

  • où
  • ou
  • od
  • ou
  • où
Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei →