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Where does “sennò” come from?

sennò (Italian) comes from Italian no, from English Nō, from Middle English no, from Old English nā, from Old English ne, from Old English ealles, from Old English -es, from Proto-Germanic -as — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

sennò (Italian): otherwise, or else

Definitions

  1. otherwise, or else

Ancestry of “sennò”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannono; not; Used to replace negated nouns or...
2EnglishNō—
3Middle Englishno—
4Old Englishnāno
5Old Englishnenot; or, and not; "ne... ne..." is used to mean "...
6Old Englisheallescompletely, wholly, entirely; totally,...
7Old English-espossessive marker, indicating that an object...
8Proto-Germanic-as—
9Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
10Proto-Indo-European-ess—
11Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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