Where does “lo” come from?

lo (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin illu, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

lo (Italian): The form of il that is used before the so-called...

Definitions

  1. The form of il that is used before the so-called...

Ancestry of “lo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinilluthe
2Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
3LatinolleArchaic form of ille
4Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “lo

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos
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