Where does “” come from?

sè (Sicilian) comes from Latin sic est, from Latin sic, from Latin sice, from Latin sī, from Proto-Italic sei, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

(Sicilian): yes

Definitions

  1. yes

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsic estthus is
2Latinsicthus, so, like this, in this way
3Latinsice
4Latinif, supposing that
5Proto-Italicseiso, thus
6Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
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