Where does “jà” come from?

jà (French) comes from Latin iam, from Proto-Indo-European Hyā́m.

jà (French): already

Definitions

  1. already

Ancestry of “jà”, step by step

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