Where does “ai” come from?
ai (Romanian) comes from Latin illī, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
ai (Romanian): of
Definitions
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Ancestry of “ai”, step by step
ai traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin illī
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | illī | found in |
| 2 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 3 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |