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