Where does “lai” come from?

lai (Ido) comes from Ido la, from Esperanto la, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — accusative masculine plural of -us.

lai (Ido): plural of la

Definitions

plural of la

Ancestry of “lai”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ido	la	the; la
2	Esperanto	la	the
3	French	là	there; here, present
4	Italian	là	there
5	Spanish	la	the; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
6	Portuguese	lá	there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7	German	a	Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8	German	a-Moll	A-minor
9	Hungarian	a	the; this; that
10	French	à	to; on the, to; at
11	English	avie	emulously
12	French	envie	desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
13	Latin	invidia	envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
14	Latin	invidus	envious; hostile, inimical
15	Latin	-us	suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
16	Old Latin	-os	accusative masculine plural of -us

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