Where does “el” come from?
el (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese ele, from Old Portuguese ele, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
el (Guinea-Bissau Creole): he, she
Ancestry of “el”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | ele | he; it; him; it; he; him; it |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | ele | — |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |