Where does “ahí na' ma'” come from?
ahí na' ma' (Spanish) comes from Spanish ahí, from Vulgar Latin ad ibi, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
ahí na' ma' (Spanish): right on!
Definitions
- right on!
Ancestry of “ahí na' ma'”, step by step
ahí na' ma' traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish ahí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ahí | there; that |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | ad ibi | to/at there |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Spanish nada más
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | nada más | nothing else; Just after, right after, upon |