English
si
Si comes from Middle English si ‘seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's…’, and goes back to Latin Sāncte Iohannēs ‘Saint John (the Baptist)’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESāncte Iohannēs‘Saint John (the Baptist)’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500si‘seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESāncte Iohannēs‘Saint John (the Baptist)’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500si‘seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Middle English si ‘seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's…’
Today it means
noun A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Sāncte Iohannēs / si