Where does “le” come from?
le (Italian) comes from Latin illae, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
le (Italian): the; them; her, to her
Ancestry of “le”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | illae | nominative feminine plural of ille |
| 2 | Latin | illī | — |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |