French word oui comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷ-, Old French il, Old French o, Vulgar Latin hoc ille, Vulgar Latin *hoc ille, and later Proto-Italic *okʷelos (Eye.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*h₃ókʷ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
il | Old French (fro) | He (third-person masculine singular subject pronoun). They (third-person masculine plural subject pronoun). |
o | Old French (fro) | |
hoc ille | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
*hoc ille | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
*okʷelos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Eye. |
*okelos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | |
oculum | Latin (lat) | |
oclus | Latin (lat) | (Vulgar Latin) ("eye"). |
oclus | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
o il | Old French (fro) | |
oui | French (fr) | Yes Yes. |