Where does “lo” come from?
lo (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan lo, from Vulgar Latin lo, from Latin illum, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
lo (Occitan): the
Ancestry of “lo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | lo | the |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | lo | the |
| 3 | Latin | illum | accusative masculine singular of ille |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |