Where does “lé” come from?

lé (Old French) comes from Latin illum, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

lé (Old French): wide; width

Definitions

  1. wide; width

Ancestry of “lé”, step by step

lé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin illum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinillumaccusative masculine singular of ille
2Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
3LatinolleArchaic form of ille
4Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Latin lātus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlātuswide, broad
2LatincaudaA tail
3Proto-Italickaudātail
4Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

Words derived from “lé”

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