Where does “ele” come from?

ele (Chavacano) comes from Spanish él, from Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

ele (Chavacano): he; she

Definitions

  1. he; she

Ancestry of “ele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishélhe, him, masculine personal third person subject...
2Old Spanishela
3Latinillanominative feminine singular of ille; nominative...
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos