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Where does “lá” come from?

lá (Portuguese) comes from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie, from Latin invidia, from Latin invidus — in.

lá (Portuguese): there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...

Definitions

  1. there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...

Ancestry of “lá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
2Germana-MollA-minor
3Hungarianathe; this; that
4Frenchàto; on the, to; at
5Englishavieemulously
6Frenchenviedesire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy
7Latininvidiaenvy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an...
8Latininvidusenvious; hostile, inimical
9LatininvideoI look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil...
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “lá”

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