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