Where does “il” come from?

il (Middle French) comes from Old French il, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

il (Middle French): he; it

Definitions

  1. he; it

Ancestry of “il”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchilhe; they
2Latinillīfound in
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “il”

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →