Where does “ala” come from?
ala (Old Spanish) comes from Old Spanish a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
ala (Old Spanish): wing
Ancestry of “ala”, step by step
ala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Spanish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | a | to, toward, in, at |
| 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 Latin āla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | āla | a wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly |
| 2 | Latin | axla | — |
| 3 | Latin | axis | An axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | aksis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱs- | axis, axle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |