Where does “tentwallah” come from?
tentwallah (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.
tentwallah (English): A person who sells or hires out tents, mostly for...
Definitions
- A person who sells or hires out tents, mostly for...
Ancestry of “tentwallah”, step by step
tentwallah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wallah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 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 | and, also |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
via English tent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tent | A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins,... |
| 2 | Middle English | tent | attention |
| 3 | Middle English | attent | attention |
| 4 | Old French | atente | attention, intention |
| 5 | Latin | attenta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 6 | Latin | attendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | attendo | I pay attention, attend; I direct or turn toward |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |