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Where does “li” come from?

li (Catalan) comes from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

li (Catalan): him, her, it

Definitions

  1. him, her, it

Ancestry of “li”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinillī—
2Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
3LatinolleArchaic form of ille
4Proto-Italic*olnos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →