Where does “El” come from?
El derives from Biblical Hebrew אֵל, a word of unknown origin whose meaning remains uncertain.
El (English): Any of several major ancient Near East deities, including the supreme god of the Canaanite religion, but especially the supreme Hebrew God
Definitions
- Any of several major ancient Near East deities, including the supreme god of the Canaanite religion, but especially the supreme Hebrew God
Ancestry of “El”, step by step
El traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish él
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | él | he, him, masculine personal third person subject... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | ela | — |
| 3 | Latin | illa | nominative feminine singular of ille; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Old English el
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | el | el, the letter L |
| 2 | Latin | el | The name of the letter "L" |
via English elevated
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | elevated | simple past tense and past participle of elevate;... |