Where does “Alentejo” come from?
Alentejo (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese além, from Old Portuguese alen, from Latin illinc, from Latin illim, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “Alentejo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | além | there, over there; beyond; the afterlife, the... |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | alen | — |
| 3 | Latin | illinc | thence; there |
| 4 | Latin | illim | thence |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |
Words derived from “Alentejo”