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.
pois não (Portuguese): Can I help you? used when attending customers
Definitions
- Can I help you? used when attending customers
Ancestry of “pois não”, step by step
pois não traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese pois
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 | — |
via Portuguese não
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | não | not; do not; have not; non-; isn't it? right? |
| 2 | Old Occitan | non | — |
| 3 | Latin | nōn | not |
| 4 | Old Latin | noenum | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |