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Where does “la” come from?

la (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia — in.

la (Guinea-Bissau Creole): there

Definitions

  1. there

Ancestry of “la”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
2GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
3Germana-MollA-minor
4Hungarianathe; this; that
5Frenchàto; on the, to; at
6Englishavieemulously
7Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
8Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
9Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
10LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
11Latinīn-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →