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Where does “sí” come from?

sí (Catalan) comes from Latin sīc, from Latin sice, from Latin sī, from Proto-Italic sei, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

sí (Catalan): yes; The opposite of 'not'

Definitions

  1. yes; The opposite of 'not'

Ancestry of “sí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsīc—
2Latinsice—
3Latinsī—
4Proto-Italicseiso, thus
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →