Where does “ili” come from?
ili (Ido) comes from Ido ilu, from French il, from Middle French il, from Old French il, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
ili (Ido): they, them
Ancestry of “ili”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | ilu | he, him |
| 2 | French | il | he; it; Impersonal subject; it |
| 3 | Middle French | il | he; it |
| 4 | Old French | il | he; they |
| 5 | Latin | illī | — |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |