Where does “eli” come from?

eli (Kristang) comes from Portuguese ele, from Old Portuguese ele, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

eli (Kristang): he, she or it

Definitions

  1. he, she or it

Ancestry of “eli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseelehe; it; him; it; he; him; it
2Old Portugueseele—
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →
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