Where does “vossa” come from?

vossa (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese vossa, from Latin vostram, from Latin voster, from Latin vester, from Proto-Italic westeros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

vossa (Portuguese): Feminine singular form of possessive vosso

Definitions

  1. Feminine singular form of possessive vosso

Ancestry of “vossa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevossa—
2Latinvostramaccusative feminine singular of voster
3LatinvosterAlternative form of vester; your, plural...
4Latinvesteryour, yours, of you
5Proto-Italicwesterosyour
6Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Proto-Italic westeros →Every word from Latin vester →