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Where does “la” come from?

la (Esperanto) comes from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à — in.

la (Esperanto): the

Definitions

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Ancestry of “la”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlàthere; here, present
2Italianlàthere
3Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
4Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
5GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
6Germana-MollA-minor
7Hungarianathe; this; that
8Frenchàto; on the, to; at
9Englishavieemulously
10Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
11Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
12Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
13LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
14Latinīn-—
15Latinîn—
16Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
17Proto-Italicenin
18Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “la”

  • la
  • lai
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