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Where does “vossemecê” come from?

vossemecê (Portuguese) comes 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.

vossemecê (Portuguese): Archaic form of você

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of você

Ancestry of “vossemecê”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesevossa mercee—
2LatinvostraAlternative form of vestra
3LatinvosterAlternative form of vester; your, plural...
4Latinvesteryour, yours, of you
5Proto-Italicwesterosyour
6Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “vossemecê”

  • c
  • cê
  • você
  • vosmecê
  • ç
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →