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 — that.

Ancestry of “Alentejo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseAlentejo
2Portuguesealémthere, over there; beyond; the afterlife, the...
3Old Portuguesealen
4Latinillincthence; there
5Latinillimthence
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “Alentejo

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille
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