Where does “li” come from?

li (Norman) comes from Old French li, from Vulgar Latin illui, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

li (Norman): him

Definitions

  1. him

Ancestry of “li”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlithe; to him, to her, to it
2Vulgar Latinilluidative masculine singular of ille
3Latinillīfound in
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →