Where does “na” come from?
na (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu na, from Portuguese nã, from Old Portuguese na, from Old Portuguese ena, from Old Portuguese a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille.
na (Papiamentu): at; in; inside
Ancestry of “na”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Kabuverdianu | na | at; in; on |
| 2 | Portuguese | nã | Eye dialect spelling of não |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | na | — |
| 4 | Old Portuguese | ena | — |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | a | to; towards; Alternative spelling of á |
| 6 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 7 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 8 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 9 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |