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