French word y comes from Spanish ille, Romanian ille, Old Latin ollus, Old Latin olle, and later Middle French il (He. It (impersonal, or referring to an unknown person).)

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Detailed word origin of y

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
ille	Spanish (spa)
ille	Romanian (ron)
ollus	Old Latin (itc-ola)
olle	Old Latin (itc-ola)
olle	Latin (lat)
ille	Latin (lat)	That, those, used to refer to (a) person(s) or thing(s) not close to the speaker, in contrast to hic, meaning this. "That (renowned person)" (used to cast the referent in a positive light).. "That" (referring to a person or thing away from both speaker and listener); he, she, it (Medieval Latin, Vulgar Latin) The; used as a definite article.
*illī	Vulgar Latin (la-vul)
il	Old French (fro)	He (third-person masculine singular subject pronoun). They (third-person masculine plural subject pronoun).
il	Middle French (frm)	He. It (impersonal, or referring to an unknown person).
il	French (fra)	Impersonal subject; it. He (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject). It (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammarically masculine objects).
y	French (fra)	(Quebec, France, colloquial) He:. (Quebec, France, colloquial) They:. (Quebec, colloquial) They:.

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