Where does “ei” come from?
ei (Italian) comes from Italian elli, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
ei (Italian): Alternative form of elli
Ancestry of “ei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | elli | Archaic form of egli; they |
| 2 | Latin | illī | — |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |