Where does “vosear” come from?

vosear (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese vós, from Old Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic wōs, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

vosear (Portuguese): to address someone with the polite vós pronoun

Definitions

  1. to address someone with the polite vós pronoun

Ancestry of “vosear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesevósyou; you; thou; plural of vó
2Old Portuguesevos—
3Latinvōsyou, ye, you all
4Old Latinvōs—
5Proto-Italicwōsyou
6Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōs →Every word from Old Latin vōs →