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Henry. See <a href="/word/L" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of L " class="crossreference notranslate">L</a>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1906">1906</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_50300" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of el" class="word__name--TTbAA">el<!-- --> </p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>Spanish article, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ille</span> "that" (see <a href="/word/le" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of le " class="crossreference notranslate">le</a>).</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to el">Entries linking to <i>el</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of L" href="/word/L#etymonline_v_43173">L<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>twelfth letter, Roman form of Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">lambda</span>, which is from the Semitic <span class="foreign notranslate">lamed</span>. The shape of the Roman letter is an early one in Greek, adopted in Italic before it was superseded in Greek by the inverted form which became the Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">lambda</span>. In some words (<span class="foreign notranslate">ladder</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">lady</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">laughter</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">leap</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">listen</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">lid</span>) it represents Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">hl-</span>. As "building or extension in the shape of an L" from 1843. As an "alphabetic abbreviation" [OED] of <span class="foreign notranslate">elevated railway</span>, from 1881 (compare <a href="/word/el" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of el " class="crossreference notranslate">el</a>). The <span class="foreign notranslate">Three Ls</span> in nautical navigation were "lead" (for sounding), "latitude" and "lookout."</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of le" href="/word/le#etymonline_v_51841">le<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>French masc. definite article (including the old neuter), fem. <span class="foreign notranslate">la</span>, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ille</span> "he, that," used in Late Latin and Medieval Latin as the definite article. Cognate with Spanish <a href="/word/el" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of el " class="crossreference notranslate">el</a>. Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ille</span> "that," <span class="foreign notranslate">illa</span> "by that way, there," replaced Old Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">olle</span>/<span class="foreign notranslate">ollus</span>, perhaps by analogy with <span class="foreign notranslate">iste</span> [de Vaan]; from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*hol-no-</span> "that, yonder."</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of el">Trends of <i>el</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of elevation" href="/word/elevation"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">elevation<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "a rising, height of something, height to which something is elevated," from Old French elevation and directly from Latin elevationem (nominative elevatio) "a lifting up," noun of action from past-participle stem of elevare "lift up, raise," figuratively, "to lighten, </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of alligator" href="/word/alligator"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">alligator<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1560s, "large carnivorous reptile of the Americas," lagarto, aligarto, a corruption of Spanish el lagarto (de Indias) "the...lizard (of the Indies)," from Latin lacertus (see lizard), with Spanish definite article el, from Latin ille (see le)....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of thrill" href="/word/thrill"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">thrill<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">compare Middle High German dürchel "pierced, perforated;" from PIE root *tere- (2) "cross over, pass through, overcome") + -el...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of eldritch" href="/word/eldritch"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">eldritch<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">compare Scottish variant elphrish), an explanation OED finds "suitable;" Watkins connects its elements with Old English el...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of bristle" href="/word/bristle"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">bristle<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">With -el, diminutive suffix. Extended to similar appendages on some plants and insects....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of tuffet" href="/word/tuffet"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">tuffet<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1550s, "little tuft," from Old French touffel (with diminutive suffix -et for French -el), diminutive of touffe (see tuft...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of eldorado" href="/word/eldorado"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">eldorado<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1590s, from Spanish El Dorado "the golden one," name given 16c. to the country or city believed to lie in the heart of the...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of railway" href="/word/railway"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">railway<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1812 in the modern sense, from rail (n.1) + way (n.). Also compare railroad (n.). Earlier used of any sort of road on which rails (originally wooden) were laid for easier transport (1776). Rude railway-trains, with all your noise and smoke, I love to see you wheresoe'er ye mov</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of railroad" href="/word/railroad"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">railroad<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1757, from rail (n.1) + road. Originally "road laid with rails for heavy wagons" in mining operations. The process itself (but not the word) seems to have been in use by late 17c. Application to passenger and freight trains dates from 1825, tending to be replaced in this sense in</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of latitude" href="/word/latitude"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">latitude<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., "breadth," from Old French latitude (13c.) and directly from Latin latitudo "breadth, width, extent, size," from lātus (adj.) 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