Where does “ja” come from?

ja (Franco-Provençal) comes from Latin iam, from Proto-Indo-European Hyā́m.

ja (Franco-Provençal): already

Definitions

  1. already

Ancestry of “ja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniamalready; now; anymore
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyā́m—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyā́m →Every word from Latin iam →