Where does “se” come from?

se (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin sī, from Proto-Italic sei, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

se (Old Portuguese): if

Definitions

  1. if

Ancestry of “se”, step by step

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

Words derived from “se”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Italic sei →Every word from Latin sī →