Where does “ilia” come from?
ilia (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ili, from French ils, from Vulgar Latin illi, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
ilia (Esperanto): Their, theirs
Ancestry of “ilia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ili | they; them |
| 2 | French | ils | they |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | illi | inflection of ille:
## nominative masculine... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |
Words derived from “ilia”