Where does “aí” come from?

aí (Portuguese) comes from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

aí (Portuguese): there; towards the second person; then

Definitions

  1. there; towards the second person; then

Ancestry of “aí”, step by step

aí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Ad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAdtoward, to
2Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Old Tupi a'y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupia'ybrown-throated sloth
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*aʔɨsloth

Words derived from “aí”

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →