Where does “ала” come from?
ала (Bulgarian) comes from Italian alla, from Italian a, from Latin a, from Latin A, from Etruscan 𐌀, from Ancient Greek ᾱ̔, from Phoenician 𐤀, from Egyptian 𓃾.
ала (Bulgarian): but
Definitions
- but
Ancestry of “ала”, step by step
ала traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian alla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | alla | -style |
| 2 | Italian | a | The name of the Latin-script letter A.; a; in; at |
| 3 | Latin | a | The name of the letter "A"; from, away from, out... |
| 4 | Latin | A | — |
| 5 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓃾 | — |
via Ancient Greek ἀλλά
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἀλλά | but |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἄλλος | other, another, different, else; in combination... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |