Where does “ele” come from?
ele (Palenquero) comes from Spanish él, from Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
ele (Palenquero): he/she/it
Ancestry of “ele”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | él | he, him, masculine personal third person subject... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | ela | — |
| 3 | Latin | illa | nominative feminine singular of ille; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |