Where does “ولو” come from?
ولو (Arabic) comes from South Levantine Arabic و, from Arabic وَ, from Semitic *wa.
ولو (Arabic): even if, albeit
Ancestry of “ولو”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | South Levantine Arabic | و | — |
| 2 | Arabic | وَ | and |
| 3 | Semitic | *wa | — |