Where does “a” come from?

a (Old Spanish) comes from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

a (Old Spanish): to, toward, in, at

Definitions

  1. to, toward, in, at

Ancestry of “a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAdtoward, to
2Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “a

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille