Where does “o” come from?
o (Galician) comes from Galician o, from Vulgar Latin illu, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “o”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | o | the; accusative of el |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | illu | the |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |