Where does “Ali” come from?
Ali (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese Ali, from Vulgar Latin *adlic, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “Ali”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | Ali | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *adlic | — |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | — |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |