Where does “lì” come from?

lì (Italian) comes from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

lì (Italian): there, in that place

Definitions

  1. there, in that place

Ancestry of “lì”, step by step

lì traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin illic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
2Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
3LatinolleArchaic form of ille
4Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Latin illī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinillīfound in

Words derived from “lì”

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →