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Latin -que suffix in romance languages

Considering not the Latin form -que, but just a word meaning "and" that would somehow be present as a suffix, Romanian și appears as an etymological base in this way. Without being an actual ...
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Latin -que suffix in romance languages

French has ouais in various senses of "yeah" (Collins Dictionary). Wartburg (FEW vol. 4 p. 444) derives it from hoc. See also language d'oc and language d'oil. Anyway, like hic, I guess that ...
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