Where does “il” come from?
il (Old French) comes from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
il (Old French): he; they
Definitions
- he; they
Ancestry of “il”, step by step
il traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin illī
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | illī | found in |
| 2 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 3 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Late Latin illī
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | illī | — |