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Where does “lle” come from?

lle (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese li, from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

Ancestry of “lle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseli—
2Latinillī—
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “lle”

  • lhe
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →