Where does “ausquels” come from?
ausquels (Middle French) comes from French lesquels, from French lès, from Middle French les, from Old French les, from Latin illōs, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
Ancestry of “ausquels”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | lesquels | masculine plural of lequel: which, that, whom;... |
| 2 | French | lès | Alternative form of lez |
| 3 | Middle French | les | the |
| 4 | Old French | les | the |
| 5 | Latin | illōs | — |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |