Where does “Lille” come from?
Lille (English) comes from French Lille, from Old French l'Isle, from Old French la, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “Lille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | Lille | — |
| 2 | Old French | l'Isle | the Island |
| 3 | Old French | la | the; it |
| 4 | Latin | illa | nominative feminine singular of ille; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |