Where does “el” come from?

El comes from Old English el, from Latin el, with an unknown original meaning.

el (English): The name of the Latin-script letter L; An...

Definitions

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter L; An...

Ancestry of “el”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishelel, the letter L
2LatinelThe name of the letter "L"

Words derived from “el”

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