Where does “si” come from?

si (Mauritian Creole) comes from French SI, from French tôt, from Old French tost, from Latin tostum, from Latin tostus, from Proto-Italic *torstos.

si (Mauritian Creole): if; yes

Definitions

  1. if; yes

Ancestry of “si”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchSISI
2Frenchtôtearly
3Old Frenchtostearly; soon; quickly; straight away
4Latintostumnominative neuter singular of tostus; accusative...
5Latintostusroasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;...
6Proto-Italic*torstos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *torstos →Every word from Latin tostus →Every word from Latin tostum →