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 — that.

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “nós”, step by step

nós traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese enos

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

via Old Portuguese nos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesenoswe
2Latinnōswe, us
3Proto-Italicnōswe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwéywe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “nós

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille