Where does “” come from?

sé (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese se, from Latin sī, from Proto-Italic sei, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

(Galician): see; cathedral; second-person singular imperative...

Definitions

  1. see; cathedral; second-person singular imperative...

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseseif
2Latinif, supposing that
3Proto-Italicseiso, thus
4Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Italic seiEvery word from Latin