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 — that.

mouais (French): not really; okay

Definitions

  1. not really; okay

Ancestry of “mouais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchouiyes
2Old Frenchoilyes; Alternative form of ueil
3Old Frenchilhe; they
4Latinillīfound in
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →