Where does “ليلا” come from?

ليلا (Arabic) comes from Arabic لَا, from Proto-Semitic lā — not; no.

ليلا (Arabic): by night

Definitions

  1. by night

Ancestry of “ليلا”, step by step

ليلا traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic لَا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicلَاnot; no, not
2Proto-Semiticlānot; no

via Arabic لَيْل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicلَيْلnighttime
2Proto-Semitic*laylay-night

via Arabic أَنْ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَنْto, that; that, that before us presently

Words derived from “ليلا”

Every word from Proto-Semitic lā →