Where does “AI” come from?
Ai is a dialectal contraction of English all right, with the original meaning and sense development obscured by phonetic reduction.
AI (English): A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus,...
Definitions
- A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus,...
Ancestry of “AI”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Brazilian Portuguese | aí | — |