Where does “aí” come from?

aí (Ladino) comes from Vulgar Latin ad ibi, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

aí (Ladino): there

Definitions

  1. there

Ancestry of “aí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinad ibito/at there
2LatinAdtoward, to
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →
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