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Where does “-alha” come from?

-alha (Portuguese) comes from Italian -aglia, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis.

-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-ālis—

Words derived from “-alha”

  • esquerdalha
  • gentalha
  • roubalheira
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