Where does “iels” come from?

iels (French) comes from French ils, from Vulgar Latin illi, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

iels (French): They. A gender-neutral personal pronoun (third-person plural subject)

Definitions

  1. They. A gender-neutral personal pronoun (third-person plural subject)

Ancestry of “iels”, step by step

iels traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French ils

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchilsthey
2Vulgar Latinilliinflection of ille: ## nominative masculine...
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via French elles

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchellesthey; them; plural of elle
2Old Frenchelesthey
3Latinillās—
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →