Where does “allà” come from?
allà (Catalan) comes from Latin illac, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
allà (Catalan): there, over there
Ancestry of “allà”, step by step
allà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin illac
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | illac | that way, that side, there, along that path, in... |
| 2 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Arabic اللّٰه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | اللّٰه | God, Allah; the All-highest”, “God; the... |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | ʾil- | deity; god |