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
- Feminine singular form of possessive vosso
Ancestry of “vossa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | vossa | — |
| 2 | Latin | vostram | accusative feminine singular of voster |
| 3 | Latin | voster | Alternative form of vester; your, plural... |
| 4 | Latin | vester | your, yours, of you |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | westeros | your |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |