Where does “SI” come from?
SI (French) comes from French tôt, from Old French tost, from Latin tostum, from Latin tostus, from Proto-Italic *torstos.
SI (French): SI
Ancestry of “SI”, step by step
SI traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French tôt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tôt | early |
| 2 | Old French | tost | early; soon; quickly; straight away |
| 3 | Latin | tostum | nominative neuter singular of tostus; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | tostus | roasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *torstos | — |
via Old French si
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | si | so; thus; in such a way; Alternative form of se |
| 2 | Latin | sī | if, supposing that |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | sei | so, thus |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |