Where does “Lisle” come from?

Lisle (English) comes from Old French l'Isle, from Old French la, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

Lisle (English): A place name

Definitions

  1. A place name

Ancestry of “Lisle”, step by step

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