Where does “sè” come from?
sè (Haitian Creole) comes from French c’est, from French cé, from Spanish éste, from Latin iste, from Latin hāc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — whale, sea monster; abyss.
sè (Haitian Creole): sister
Definitions
- sister
Ancestry of “sè”, step by step
sè traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French c’est
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | c’est | it is (used to define the preceding word) |
| 2 | French | cé | The name of the Latin-script letter C |
| 3 | Spanish | éste | this one |
| 4 | Latin | iste | that near you; those in the plural |
| 5 | Latin | hāc | this way; these; in this place (or way) |
| 6 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via French sœur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sœur | sister; nun |
| 2 | Middle French | soeur | sister |
| 3 | Old French | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 4 | Latin | soror | sister; cousin, daughter of a father's brother;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | swezōr | sister |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swésōr | sister |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | su-h₁ésh₂-ōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésh₂r̥ | blood |