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Where does “se(d)” come from?

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

Ancestry of “se(d)”, step by step

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

Words derived from “se(d)”

  • se
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