Where does “kola” come from?
kola (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قولا, from Italian colla, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a.
kola (Turkish): cola
Definitions
- cola
Ancestry of “kola”, step by step
kola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish قولا
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قولا | dun or sorrel |
| 2 | Italian | colla | glue or similar sticky material; size; A rope... |
| 3 | Italian | là | there |
| 4 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 5 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 6 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 7 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 8 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 9 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 10 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 11 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 12 | Latin | A | — |
| 13 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 15 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
| 16 | Egyptian | 𓃾 | — |