Where does “lo” come from?

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

lo (Old French): Alternative form of le; masculine singular...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of le; masculine singular...

Ancestry of “lo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinlothe
2Latinillumaccusative masculine singular of ille
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →