Where does “se” come from?

se (Late Latin) comes from Latin si, from Proto-Italic sei, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

se (Late Latin): the accusative of the reflexive pronoun meaning...

Definitions

  1. the accusative of the reflexive pronoun meaning...

Ancestry of “se”, step by step

se traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin si

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsiif, supposing that; whether
2Proto-Italicseiso, thus
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Proto-Indo-European swé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

Words derived from “se”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Italic sei →Every word from Latin si →