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Where does “nós” come from?

nós (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese enos, from Old Portuguese os, from Vulgar Latin *lōs, from Latin illōs, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

nós (Portuguese): we; us; "first-person plural objective personal...

Definitions

  1. we; us; "first-person plural objective personal...

Ancestry of “nós”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseenos—
2Old Portugueseosthe
3Vulgar Latin*lōs—
4Latinillōs—
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “nós”

  • anos
  • nu
  • nos
  • no
  • nos
  • nós
  • nus
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →