Where does “se” come from?
se (Ido) comes from Esperanto se, from Italian sé, from Italian benché, from Italian bene, from Latin bene, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, from Proto-Italic dwenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
se (Ido): if; The name of the Latin script letter S/s
Definitions
- if; The name of the Latin script letter S/s
Ancestry of “se”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | se | if |
| 2 | Italian | sé | oneself, himself, herself |
| 3 | Italian | benché | although, though; albeit |
| 4 | Italian | bene | upper-class, posh, high; well, nicely, OK, right;... |
| 5 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 6 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 7 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |