Where does “celui” come from?
celui (French) comes from French icelui, from Vulgar Latin *ecce illui, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
celui (French): the one
Definitions
- the one
Ancestry of “celui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | icelui | this one |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *ecce illui | — |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |