Where does “ilá” come from?
ilá (Yoruba) comes from French -là, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll, from Hungarian a.
Ancestry of “ilá”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | -là | that |
| 2 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 3 | Italian | là | there |
| 4 | Spanish | la | the; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,... |
| 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 | — |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 15 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
| 16 | Egyptian | 𓃾 | — |