Where does “sive” come from?

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

sive (Latin): on the other hand; but if; or

Definitions

  1. on the other hand; but if; or

Ancestry of “sive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinseive—
2Latin-veor, leaving the choice free between two things or...
3Proto-Indo-European*-weor

Words derived from “sive”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-we →Every word from Latin -ve →Every word from Latin seive →