Where does “lo” come from?
lo (Asturian) comes from Latin illud, from Latin -ce, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.
lo (Asturian): the; it
Ancestry of “lo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | illud | nominative neuter singular of ille; accusative... |
| 2 | Latin | -ce | affixed, usually to demonstratives, forming... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 4 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |