Where does “Alá” come from?

Alá (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish ala, from Old Spanish a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

Alá (Spanish): Allah God’s name in Islam

Definitions

  1. Allah God’s name in Islam

Ancestry of “Alá”, step by step

Alá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Spanish ala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishalawing
2Old Spanishato, toward, in, at
3LatinAdtoward, to
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Arabic اللّٰه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicاللّٰهGod, Allah; the All-highest”, “God; the...
2Proto-Semiticʾil-deity; god

Words derived from “Alá”

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