Where does “Ali” come from?
Ali (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin *adlic, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Ancestry of “Ali”, step by step
Ali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin *adlic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *adlic | — |
| 2 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Arabic عَلِيّ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | عَلِيّ | to be high, exalted; Ali; exalted, noble; to be... |