Where does “a” come from?
a (Norman) comes from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
a (Norman): to, at; at sign
Ancestry of “a”, step by step
a traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Ad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 2 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Norman chute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norman | chute | feminine singular of chu |
| 2 | Norman | heure | — |