The story
- Basque · borrowed fromAlaia
- English todayAlaia
Borrowed in the 21st century from Basque Alaia, from alai (“joyful”). For earlier use among English-speakers, compare Hebrew עֲלִיָּה ('alīyá, “ascent”), Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya, “high, exalted”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.