Where does “yo” come from?

yo (Haitian Creole) comes from French eux, from Old French els, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

yo (Haitian Creole): the; they; them

Definitions

  1. the; they; them

Ancestry of “yo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrencheuxThey: disjunctive form of ils
2Old Frenchelsthey
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →