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 — that.

Lille (English): across the river from Canada

Definitions

  1. across the river from Canada

Ancestry of “Lille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchLille
2Old Frenchl'Islethe Island
3Old Frenchlathe; it
4Latinillanominative feminine singular of ille; nominative...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnosEvery word from Latin olleEvery word from Latin ille
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