Where does “dela” come from?
dela (Spanish) comes from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a, from French à, from English avie, from French envie — in.
dela (Spanish): of the, from the (followed by feminine noun)
Definitions
- of the, from the (followed by feminine noun)
Ancestry of “dela”, step by step
dela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish la
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 2 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 3 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 4 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 5 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 6 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 7 | English | avie | emulously |
| 8 | French | envie | desire, lust, urge; appetite, craving; envy |
| 9 | Latin | invidia | envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite; an... |
| 10 | Latin | invidus | envious; hostile, inimical |
| 11 | Latin | invideo | I look askance or maliciously at, cast an evil... |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Spanish dé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | dé | of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner |
| 2 | Old Spanish | de | of; -'s |
| 3 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 4 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 5 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |