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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvossus—
2LatinvosterAlternative form of vester; your, plural...
3Latinvesteryour, yours, of you
4Proto-Italicwesterosyour
5Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “vosso”

  • vosso
  • voso
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →