Where does “al” come from?

al (Asturian) comes from Asturian el, from Latin illum, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

Ancestry of “al”, step by step

al traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Asturian el

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturianelthe
2Latinillumaccusative masculine singular of ille
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Asturian a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturianato, towards; a
2Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
3Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at

Words derived from “al”

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →