Where does “si” come from?
si (Vietnamese) comes from French SI, from French tôt, from Old French tost, from Latin tostum, from Latin tostus, from Proto-Italic *torstos.
Ancestry of “si”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | SI | — |
| 2 | French | tôt | early |
| 3 | Old French | tost | early; soon; quickly; straight away |
| 4 | Latin | tostum | nominative neuter singular of tostus; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | tostus | roasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *torstos | — |