Where does “alas” come from?
alas (Cebuano) comes from Spanish las, from Latin illas, from Latin illae, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
alas (Cebuano): o'clock; an ace; a card sith a single spot; a...
Definitions
- o'clock; an ace; a card sith a single spot; a...
Ancestry of “alas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | las | feminine plural definite article; the |
| 2 | Latin | illas | accusative feminine plural of ille; those ones |
| 3 | Latin | illae | nominative feminine plural of ille |
| 4 | Latin | illī | found in |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |