Where does “elka” come from?

elka (Polish) comes from English large, from Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, from Latin largus — abundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in...

elka (Polish): learner's vehicle

Definitions

  1. learner's vehicle

Ancestry of “elka”, step by step

elka traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English large

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlargeOf considerable or relatively great size or...
2Middle Englishlarge
3Old Frenchlargegenerous; large; big; wide
4Latinlarganominative feminine singular of largus;...
5Latinlargusabundant, copious, plentiful, large, abounding in...

via Proto-Indo-European ela-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanela-

via Polish l

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishl
Every word from Latin largus
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