Where does “un-a” come from?
un-a (Fala) comes from Old Portuguese ũa, from Latin una, from Latin unus, from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.
un-a (Fala): feminine singular of indefinite article un
Definitions
- feminine singular of indefinite article un
Ancestry of “un-a”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | ũa | feminine singular of ũu |
| 2 | Latin | una | nominative/vocative feminine singular of ūnus;... |
| 3 | Latin | unus | one, single; alone; one; 1 |
| 4 | Old Latin | oinos | one |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number
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| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |