Where does “otrosí” come from?
otrosí (Spanish) comes from Spanish sí, from Old Spanish sy, from Latin sīc, from Latin sice, from Latin sī, from Proto-Italic sei, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
otrosí (Spanish): moreover
Definitions
- moreover
Ancestry of “otrosí”, step by step
otrosí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish sí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | sí | yes, affirmation. Commonly used to respond... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | sy | yes in response to a question |
| 3 | Latin | sīc | yes, indeed (If answering a question) |
| 4 | Latin | sice | — |
| 5 | Latin | sī | if, supposing that |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sei | so, thus |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via Spanish otro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | otro | other, another; "Not again!" or "What, again?";... |
| 2 | Latin | vertere | inflection of vertō: ## third-person plural... |
| 3 | Latin | verto | I turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |