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Where does “seu” come from?

seu (Latin) comes from Latin sive, from Latin seive, from Latin -ve, from Proto-Indo-European *-we.

seu (Latin): or; either... or..

Definitions

  1. or; either... or..

Ancestry of “seu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsiveon the other hand; but if; or
2Latinseive—
3Latin-veor, leaving the choice free between two things or...
4Proto-Indo-European*-we—

Words derived from “seu”

  • sau
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-we →