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Where does “lia” come from?

lia (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto li, from Spanish le, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

lia (Esperanto): his

Definitions

  1. his

Ancestry of “lia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantolihe
2SpanishleTo him, for him; dative of él; To her, for her;...
3Latinillī—
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →