initialism of elektronische Datenverarbeitung (“EDP (electronic data processing)”) · initialism of elektronische Datenverarbeitung (“computing, IT”)
aile: Büro- und EDV-Systemtechnik, Büro- und EDV-Systemtechniker, Büro- und EDV-Systemtechnikerin, Deutscher EDV-Gerichtstag, EDV-Anbindung, EDV-Anlage, EDV-Anwendung, EDV-Ausfall, EDV-Beauftragte, EDV-Beauftragter
that (distal demonstrative pronoun) · this (proximal demonstrative pronoun) · it (alternative form of ce as a subject of être in tenses other than the present and imperfect indicative)
köken: Syncopic contraction of cela (“that”), from ce + -là. Compare French ceci (“this”).
aile: à ça oui, accrochez-moi-ça, ça a été, ça alors, ça baigne, ça biche, ça bide, ça boume, ça comme, ça commence à bien faire
neuter singular of de (“the”), the definite article
köken: From Middle Dutch dat, which was contracted to 't in usual speech. This form was later interpreted as being the same as the neuter pronoun het (etymology 2, see below), which was contracted in the same way. This then led to the modern merge with het, which some might see as being unetymological.
third-person feminine singular nominative pronoun she; it · third-person feminine singular prepositional pronoun her · third-person feminine singular pronoun used in all positions she; it; her
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille. Cognate with Galician ela and Spanish ella.
Ela está aqui perto.
Pensei que você tivesse dito que ela estava só mandando você escrever!
köken: The pronoun and determiner senses probably derive from an earlier a + a pronoun-forming suffix -z, where the former element originates from Proto-Uralic *o or *u (“that, that other”). Its cognates include Moksha омба (omba, “other”), омбоце (omboce, “second”), Eastern Mari умбал (umbal, “far, distant”), Udmurt отын (otyn, “there”) and Komi-Zyrian ата (ata, “here”), асы (asy, “look here”). The…