Where does “autowallah” come from?
autowallah (English) comes from English wallah, from English voilà, from French voilà, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a.
autowallah (English): driver, chauffeur
Ancestry of “autowallah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | wallah | A servant or other person responsible for... |
| 2 | English | voilà | Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold! |
| 3 | French | voilà | There is; Here is; That is |
| 4 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 5 | Italian | là | there |
| 6 | Spanish | la | the; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,... |
| 7 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 8 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 9 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 10 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 11 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 12 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 13 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 14 | Latin | A | — |
| 15 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | — |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |