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Where does “alita” come from?

alita (Spanish) comes from Spanish Alá, from Old Spanish ala, from Old Spanish a, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

alita (Spanish): Diminutive of ala; small wing

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of ala; small wing

Ancestry of “alita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishAlá—
2Old Spanishalawing
3Old Spanishato, toward, in, at
4LatinAd—
5Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
6Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7LatinolleArchaic form of ille
8Proto-Italic*olnos—
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