Where does “als” come from?
als (Catalan) comes from Catalan els, from Latin illos, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “als”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Catalan | els | the; them |
| 2 | Latin | illos | accusative masculine plural of ille; those ones |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |