Where does “lanqas” come from?

lanqas (Maltese) comes from Maltese la, from Arabic لَا, from Proto-Semitic lā — not; no.

lanqas (Maltese): not even

Definitions

  1. not even

Ancestry of “lanqas”, step by step

lanqas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maltese la

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalteselaUsed—optionally—with a negated second-person imperfect verb to express the negated imperative
2Arabicلَاnot; no, not
3Proto-Semiticlānot; no

via Maltese anqas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malteseanqasless

Words derived from “lanqas”

Every word from Proto-Semitic lā →Every word from Arabic لَا →Every word from Maltese la →