Where does “siyempre” come from?
siyempre (Bikol Central) comes from Spanish siempre, from Old Spanish siempre, from Latin semper, from Latin -per, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille — that.
Ancestry of “siyempre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | siempre | always; ultimately, in the end |
| 2 | Old Spanish | siempre | — |
| 3 | Latin | semper | always, ever |
| 4 | Latin | -per | Suffix used in the formation of adverbs from... |
| 5 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |