Where does “Las Animas County” come from?
Las Animas County (English) comes from Spanish las, from Latin illas, from Latin illae, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Ancestry of “Las Animas County”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | las | feminine plural definite article; the |
| 2 | Latin | illas | accusative feminine plural of ille; those ones |
| 3 | Latin | illae | nominative feminine plural of ille |
| 4 | Latin | illī | found in |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |