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