Where does “alla” come from?
alla (Chavacano) comes from Spanish allá, from Latin illac, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
alla (Chavacano): over there; yonder
Definitions
- over there; yonder
Ancestry of “alla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | allá | there, over there, thither, yonder; then; back... |
| 2 | Latin | illac | that way, that side, there, along that path, in... |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |