Where does “cê” come from?
cê (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese você, from Portuguese vosmecê, from Portuguese vossemecê, from Old Portuguese vossa mercee, from Latin vostra, from Latin voster, from Latin vester, from Proto-Italic westeros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
cê (Portuguese): cee; you
Definitions
- cee; you
Ancestry of “cê”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | você | you; you; one |
| 2 | Portuguese | vosmecê | Archaic form of você |
| 3 | Portuguese | vossemecê | Archaic form of você |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | vossa mercee | — |
| 5 | Latin | vostra | Alternative form of vestra |
| 6 | Latin | voster | Alternative form of vester; your, plural... |
| 7 | Latin | vester | your, yours, of you |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | westeros | your |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |