Where does “na” come from?
na (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese nã, from Old Portuguese na, from Old Portuguese ena, from Old Portuguese a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
na (Guinea-Bissau Creole): at; in; on
Definitions
- at; in; on
Ancestry of “na”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | nã | Eye dialect spelling of não |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | na | — |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | ena | — |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | a | to; towards; Alternative spelling of á |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |