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ELI5:Why does english have the same word "you" for singular and plural?

I'm not an english native speaker. Doesn't it sometimes lead to confusion?
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English originally had a singular/familiar *thou* and plural/formal *you*, a distinction that exists in many European languages (e.g. French *tu* vs. *vous*), but lost it by the 17th century in preference for using *you* in all cases.

Just like in other languages (in French, *vous* can be singular/formal, so it's not always plural), context generally makes it clear whether it's singular or plural, but we also can be specific and say "both of you," for example. The dialectical "y'all" is also used as a plural "you."