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I just flipped through my copy of Posner and came up empty, though it was admittedly a cursory search. Latin had no single, simple word for "yes", so where did the modern words come from? The Iberian and Italian languages have "si[m]"; the French languages have "oui[l]" or "oc". Where did these come from? Rumanian "da" is obviously a Slavic borrowing. Are there any other Romance words for "yes"? Any help appreciated.