Where does “ela” come from?
ela (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese ela, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
ela (Galician): she
Ancestry of “ela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | ela | she |
| 2 | Latin | illa | nominative feminine singular of ille; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |