Where does “na” come from?
na (Kabuverdianu) 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 (Kabuverdianu): 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 |