Where does “Alentejo” come from?
Alentejo (Spanish) comes from Portuguese Alentejo, from Portuguese além, from Old Portuguese alen, from Latin illinc, from Latin illim, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “Alentejo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | Alentejo | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | além | there, over there; beyond; the afterlife, the... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | alen | — |
| 4 | Latin | illinc | thence; there |
| 5 | Latin | illim | thence |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |