Where does “aika” come from?

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

aika (Yoruba): the plant Lecaniodiscus cupanioides

Definitions

  1. the plant Lecaniodiscus cupanioides

Ancestry of “aika”, step by step

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