Where does “les” come from?

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

les (Middle French): the

Definitions

  1. the

Ancestry of “les”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlesthe
2Latinillōs—
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “les”

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