Etymograph

English

sithee

see + thee or see + thou

A compound of see + thee

Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to see’

Proto-Germanic *sehwaną ‘to see’

Proto-West Germanic *sehwan ‘to see’

Old English sēon ‘to see’

Middle English seen ‘to observe’

English see

Proto-Indo-European *te ‘second-person singular pronoun’

Proto-Germanic *þiz

Old English þē

Middle English þe

English thee

Today it means

contraction See thee; variously used as a farewell (i.e. I will see you later) or an admonition to pay attention (= see here)

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sithee”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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