Where does “holà” come from?

holà (French) 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 — accusative masculine plural of -us.

holà (French): hey, oi

Definitions

  1. hey, oi

Ancestry of “holà”, step by step

holà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchthere; here, present
2Italianthere
3Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
4Portuguesethere; 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
13Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
14Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us

via French Ho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchHoUsed by tamers to calm the animal they are taming, especially horses; whoa
2Vietnamesehồlake; glue
3Chinese
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-k(w)a-jmouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...

Words derived from “holà

Every word from Old Latin -osEvery word from Latin -usEvery word from Latin invidus