Where does “-alla” come from?

-alla (Catalan) comes from Latin -ālia, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

-alla (Catalan): used to create collective nouns, often pejorative

Definitions

  1. used to create collective nouns, often pejorative

Ancestry of “-alla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ālia
2Latin-ālis
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “-alla

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis