Where does “sive” come from?

sive (Ido) comes from Latin sive, from Latin seive, from Latin -ve, from Proto-Indo-European *-we — or.

sive (Ido): either; whether

Definitions

  1. either; whether

Ancestry of “sive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsiveon the other hand; but if; or
2Latinseive—
3Latin-veor, leaving the choice free between two things or...
4Proto-Indo-European*-weor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-we →Every word from Latin -ve →Every word from Latin seive →