Where does “il” come from?
il (French) comes from Middle French il, from Old French il, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
il (French): he; it; Impersonal subject; it
Definitions
- he; it; Impersonal subject; it
Ancestry of “il”, step by step
il traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French il
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | il | he; it |
| 2 | Old French | il | he; they |
| 3 | Latin | illī | found in |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Vulgar Latin illi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | illi | inflection of ille: ## nominative masculine... |