Where does “para” come from?
para (Tagalog) comes from Spanish pará, from Spanish pora, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
para (Tagalog): For; so; in order that; for; Said by any jeepney...
Definitions
- For; so; in order that; for; Said by any jeepney...
Ancestry of “para”, step by step
para traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish pará
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | pará | for, to expressing a recipient |
| 2 | Spanish | pora | Obsolete spelling of para |
| 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 Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pada
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *pada | — |