Where does “na” come from?
na (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese ena, from Old Portuguese a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “na”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | ena | — |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | a | to; towards; Alternative spelling of á |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |