Where does “gli” come from?
gli (Italian) comes from Italian lì, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
gli (Italian): Form of the article i used before a vowel,...
Definitions
- Form of the article i used before a vowel,...
Ancestry of “gli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | lì | there, in that place |
| 2 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |