Where does “soit” come from?

soit (French) comes from Latin sit, from Latin sum, from Proto-Italic ezom, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.

soit (French): let be

Definitions

  1. let be

Ancestry of “soit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsitthird-person singular present active subjunctive...
2Latinsumto be, exist, have; to be there; to go
3Proto-Italicezomto be
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésmifirst-person singular present indicative of...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ēs-to be

Words derived from “soit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi →Every word from Proto-Italic ezom →