Where does “tu” come from?

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

tu (Portuguese): you; thou; "second-person singular prepositional...

Definitions

  1. you; thou; "second-person singular prepositional...

Ancestry of “tu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetuthou, you
2Latintūyou (singular); thou
3Proto-Italictūyou
4Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

Words derived from “tu”

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