Where does “vosso” come from?
vosso (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin vossus, from Latin voster, from Latin vester, from Proto-Italic westeros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
Ancestry of “vosso”, step by step
vosso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin vossus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vossus | — |
| 2 | Latin | voster | Alternative form of vester; your, plural... |
| 3 | Latin | vester | your, yours, of you |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | westeros | your |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |
via Vulgar Latin vossus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | vossus | — |