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Yoïn van Spijk

@yvanspijk

/'dʑowɪn/
• historical linguist & dialectologist
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Italian 'sì', Spanish 'sí' and many more Romance words for "yes" come from Latin 'sīc' (so, thus). French 'oui' doesn't. It comes from Old French 'oïl', from 'o il', literally "yes, it (is/does/has etc.)". 'O' stemmed from Latin 'hoc' (this), which in Occitan became 'òc' (yes):

Italian 'sì', Spanish 'sí' and many more Romance words for "yes" come from Latin 'sīc' (so, thus). French 'oui' doesn't. It comes from Old French 'oïl', from 'o il', literally "yes, it (is/does/has etc.)". 'O' stemmed from Latin 'hoc' (this), which in Occitan became 'òc' (yes):