Where does “a-” come from?

a- (Tagalog) comes from Spanish A, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

a- (Tagalog): at

Definitions

  1. at

Ancestry of “a-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishAbishop
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 “a-

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos