Where does “sala” come from?

sala (Tagalog) comes from Arabic صَلَاة, from Classical Syriac ܨܠܘܬܐ, from Aramaic צלותא — prayer.

sala (Tagalog): fault; guilt; blame; error; mistake; sin; offense

Definitions

  1. fault; guilt; blame; error; mistake; sin; offense

Ancestry of “sala”, step by step

sala traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic صَلَاة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicصَلَاةprayer; salat, prayer
2Classical Syriacܨܠܘܬܐprayer; temple, sanctuary; reconciliation,...
3Aramaicצלותאprayer

via Spanish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsalaroom; large hall; ward
2Basquezaharold, aged
3Proto-Basque*za(h)arold

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian salaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansalaqwrong, in error

Words derived from “sala”

Every word from Aramaic צלותא →Every word from Classical Syriac ܨܠܘܬܐ →Every word from Arabic صَلَاة →