Where does “medes” come from?

medes (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin metipse, from Latin te, from Latin tu, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

medes (Old Portuguese): same

Definitions

  1. same

Ancestry of “medes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmetipse-self; same
2LatinteThe name of the Latin-script letter T; accusative...
3Latintuyou (singular); thou
4Proto-Italictūyou
5Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic tū →Every word from Latin tu →