Where does “les” come from?
les (Mauritian Creole) comes from French est, from Middle French est, from Old French est, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
les (Mauritian Creole): east
Definitions
- east
Ancestry of “les”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | est | east; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Middle French | est | third-person singular present indicative of estre |
| 3 | Old French | est | third-person singular present indicative of estre |
| 4 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |