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Where does “vossus” come from?

vossus (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin voster, from Latin vester, from Proto-Italic westeros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

Ancestry of “vossus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvosterAlternative form of vester; your, plural...
2Latinvesteryour, yours, of you
3Proto-Italicwesterosyour
4Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “vossus”

  • vuesu
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