Where does “tê” come from?

tê (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese te, from Latin tē, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic tū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

tê (Portuguese): tee; Apocopic form of ter; used preceding the...

Definitions

  1. tee; Apocopic form of ter; used preceding the...

Ancestry of “tê”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesete—
2Latintē—
3Latintūyou (singular); thou
4Proto-Italictūyou
5Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “tê”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic tū →Every word from Latin tū →