Where does “eina” come from?
eina (Catalan) comes from Catalan aïna, from Old Occitan aizina, from Old Occitan aize, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
eina (Catalan): tool
Ancestry of “eina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | aïna | |
| 2 | Old Occitan | aizina | — |
| 3 | Old Occitan | aize | ease |
| 4 | Latin | adiacēns | — |
| 5 | Latin | adiaceo | I lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent... |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | în | — |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |