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Where does “ele” come from?

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

ele (Portuguese): he; it; him; it; he; him; it

Definitions

  1. he; it; him; it; he; him; it

Ancestry of “ele”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ele”

  • elle
  • ael
  • el
  • e
  • i
  • el
  • êll
  • eli
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →