Where does “ẹlẹja” come from?

ẹlẹja (Yoruba) comes from Portuguese oni-, from Irish ai-, from Old French a-, from Latin ad-, from Proto-Italic *ad- — ad.

ẹlẹja (Yoruba): fish vendor; fishmonger

Definitions

  1. fish vendor; fishmonger

Ancestry of “ẹlẹja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseoni-Alternative form of omni-
2Irishai-—
3Old Frencha-indicating movement towards something;...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Proto-Italic*ad-ad
Every word from Proto-Italic *ad- →Every word from Latin ad- →Every word from Old French a- →