Where does “ils” come from?

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

ils (French): they

Definitions

  1. they

Ancestry of “ils”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ils”

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →
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