Where does “pois não” come from?
pois não (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pois, from Old Occitan pois, from Latin postius, from Latin postea, from Latin post, from Old Latin poste.
Ancestry of “pois não”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | pois | so; then; emphasises a yes-or-no answer or an... |
| 2 | Old Occitan | pois | then |
| 3 | Latin | postius | afterwards, afterward |
| 4 | Latin | postea | afterwards, hereafter, thereafter; next, then |
| 5 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | poste | — |