Where does “li” come from?
li (Ido) comes from Ido lu, from Ido ilu, from French il, from Middle French il, from Old French il, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle.
li (Ido): they, them
Ancestry of “li”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | lu | Third-person singular pronoun for referents of... |
| 2 | Ido | ilu | he, him |
| 3 | French | il | he; it; Impersonal subject; it |
| 4 | Middle French | il | he; it |
| 5 | Old French | il | he; they |
| 6 | Latin | illī | — |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |