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
- there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
Ancestry of “lá”, step by step
lá traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 2 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 3 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 4 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 5 | English | avie | emulously |
| 6 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 7 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 8 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 9 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Old Portuguese lãa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | lãa | wool, fleece |
| 2 | Latin | lāna | wool |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ | wool |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |