Where does “ahí” come from?

ahí (Spanish) comes from Vulgar Latin ad ibi, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

ahí (Spanish): there; that

Definitions

  1. there; that

Ancestry of “ahí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinad ibito/at there
2LatinAdtoward, to
3Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “ahí”

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