The story
- Latin · derived fromtū“thou, singular you”
- English todayT-V distinction
From Latin tū (“thou, singular you”) and vōs (“ye, plural you”).
Words from the same roots
Latintū all →
T-formtu quoque
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
T-V distinction
Today it means: The distinction between a formal and an informal second-person pronoun in some languages. Full definition →
Latin tū