Where does “sa” come from?

sa (Haitian Creole) comes from French ça, from French -là, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.

sa (Haitian Creole): this; these; that

Definitions

  1. this; these; that

Ancestry of “sa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchçathat; this; it
2French-làthat
3Frenchthere; here, present
4Italianthere
5Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
6Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA
14Etruscan𐌀and, also
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
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