Where does “ala” come from?
ala (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish Alá, from Old Spanish ala, from Old Spanish a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
ala (Papiamentu): wing
Ancestry of “ala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | Alá | — |
| 2 | Old Spanish | ala | wing |
| 3 | Old Spanish | a | to, toward, in, at |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |