suo

Italian (Fiorentino)

adj

Definitions

his, her, its
(often) your (polite singular form)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin suus (one's own, his own, its, her, his) inherited from Proto-Italic *sowos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sewos.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sewos

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*seus Latin
suus Latin
suus, suum Latin
sien French
*sewos Proto-Indo-European
*swoyos Proto-Indo-European
seus Galician
seu Old Portuguese
*sowos Proto-Italic
so Friulian
seu Ligurian
*sovos Old Latin