Where does “ili” come from?
ili (Esperanto) comes from French ils, from Vulgar Latin illi, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
ili (Esperanto): they; them
Ancestry of “ili”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | ils | they |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | illi | inflection of ille:
## nominative masculine... |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |