Where does “l’” come from?

l’ (Neapolitan) comes from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

l’ (Neapolitan): the

Definitions

  1. the

Ancestry of “l’”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
2LatinolleArchaic form of ille
3Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →