Where does “el” come from?

el (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin illus, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

el (Romanian): he; him

Definitions

  1. he; him

Ancestry of “el”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinillus—
2Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
3LatinolleArchaic form of ille
4Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “el”

Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →