Where does “-alha” come from?

-alha (Portuguese) comes from Italian -aglia, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

-alha (Portuguese): Forms feminine collective pejorative nouns

Definitions

  1. Forms feminine collective pejorative nouns

Ancestry of “-alha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-agliaUsed to create female collective nouns, often...
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “-alha”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Italian -aglia →