Where does “sinon” come from?

sinon (Mauritian Creole) comes from French sinon, from Middle French si non — otherwise.

sinon (Mauritian Creole): otherwise; besides

Definitions

  1. otherwise; besides

Ancestry of “sinon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsinonexcept, apart from; if not; otherwise, or else
2Middle Frenchsi nonotherwise
Every word from Middle French si non →Every word from French sinon →
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