Where does “SI” come from?
SI (Japanese) comes from English SI, from Middle English si, from Italian sì, 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...
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Ancestry of “SI”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | SI | Initialism of signal integrity; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Middle English | si | — |
| 3 | Italian | sì | yes; so |
| 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... |