Where does “altolà” come from?

altolà (Italian) comes from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

altolà (Italian): stop there!

Definitions

  1. stop there!

Ancestry of “altolà”, step by step

altolà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianthere
2Spanishlafeminine singular definite article; the
3Portuguesethere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
4GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
5Germana-MollA-minor
6Hungarianathe; this; that
7Frenchàto; on the, to; at
8Englishavieemulously
9Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
10Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
11Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
12Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
13Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
14Proto-Italic-os
15Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Italian alt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaltstop!
2GermanHalthold; adhesion; foothold; grip; support
3Middle High Germanhalt
4Proto-Germanic*haldiz
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós