Where does “sive” come from?
sive (Ido) comes from Latin sive, from Latin seive, from Latin -ve, from Proto-Indo-European *-we.
sive (Ido): either; whether
Ancestry of “sive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | sive | on the other hand; but if; or |
| 2 | Latin | seive | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ve | or, leaving the choice free between two things or... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *-we | — |