Where does “il” come from?

il (Franco-Provençal) comes from Vulgar Latin illi, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

il (Franco-Provençal): he, it third-person singular masculine nominative

Definitions

  1. he, it third-person singular masculine nominative

Ancestry of “il”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinilliinflection of ille: ## nominative masculine...
2Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
3LatinolleArchaic form of ille
4Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →