Where does “el” come from?
el (Istriot) comes from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
el (Istriot): he; the
Ancestry of “el”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 2 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |