Where does “'l” come from?
'l (Italian) comes from Italian lo, from Vulgar Latin illu, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “'l”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | lo | The form of il that is used before the so-called... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | illu | the |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |