Where does “aña” come from?
aña (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish año, from Latin ānus, from Kabuverdianu anos, from Portuguese nós, from Old Portuguese enos, from Old Portuguese os, from Vulgar Latin *lōs, from Latin illōs — that.
aña (Papiamentu): year
Definitions
- year
Ancestry of “aña”, step by step
aña traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish año
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | año | year; age |
| 2 | Latin | ānus | a ring |
| 3 | Kabuverdianu | anos | we, first person plural |
| 4 | Portuguese | nós | we; us; "first-person plural objective personal... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | enos | — |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | os | the |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *lōs | — |
| 8 | Latin | illōs | — |
| 9 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 10 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |