Where does “siquiera” come from?

siquiera (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.

siquiera (Spanish): at least, at the least; even; if only

Definitions

  1. at least, at the least; even; if only

Ancestry of “siquiera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishyes, affirmation. Commonly used to respond...
2Old Spanishsyyes in response to a question
3Latinsīcyes, indeed (If answering a question)
4Latinsice
5Latinif, supposing that
6Proto-Italicseiso, thus
7Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Italic seiEvery word from Latin
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