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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.

Ancestry of “Alá”, step by step

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