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Re: [romconlang] Origin of words for "yes"



Mark J. Reed scripsit:

> The Iberian and Italian languages have "si[m]"; the French languages
> have "oui[l]" or "oc".  Where did these come from?

Respectively from SIC 'thus', HOC ILLE 'this-that', HOC 'this'.
Similarly, "rien" and "nada" are from different parts of the
phrase NON REM NATAM 'no thing born' that came to be used for
'nothing' in VL.

> Rumanian "da" is obviously a Slavic borrowing.  

Da.

> Are there any other Romance words for "yes"?

Not that I know of.  European Portuguese can still say "yes" by repeating
the main verb, a feature directly descended from Latin (and probably
from PIE).

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