Where does “mouais” come from?
mouais (French) comes from French oui, from Old French oil, from Old French il, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
mouais (French): not really; okay
Ancestry of “mouais”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | oui | yes |
| 2 | Old French | oil | yes; Alternative form of ueil |
| 3 | Old French | il | he; they |
| 4 | Latin | illī | — |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |