sino

destiny, fate, lot

Borrowed from Latin signum. Doublet of signo, cf. also seña. Cognate with English sign.

but (rather) (after a negative clause); except, apart from; only, solely (in a negative clause)

“No es cantante, sino actor.” — He is not a singer, but an actor.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin si Spanish si Spanish no univ. Spanish sino Univerbation of si (“if”) + no (“not”). Compare Portuguese senão, French sinon.