Where does “l'Isle” come from?

l'Isle (Old French) comes from Old French la, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

l'Isle (Old French): the Island

Definitions

  1. the Island

Ancestry of “l'Isle”, step by step

l'Isle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French la

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlathe; it
2Latinillanominative feminine singular of ille; nominative...
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Old French isle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchisleisland
2Vulgar Latinisula—
3LatinĪnsula—
4Proto-Italicenselā—

Words derived from “l'Isle”

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