köken: Inherited from Old French hom, om (nominative form), from Latin homō (“human being”) (compare homme from the Old French oblique form home, from the Latin accusative form hominem). Its pronominal use is of Germanic origin. Compare Old English man (“one, they, people”), reduced form of Old English mann (“person”); Catalan hom; German man (“one, they, people”); Dutch men (“one, they, people”).
2003, Natasha St. Pier, L’instant d’après (album), Quand on cherche l’amour (song)
termine formale che sostituisce i pronomi personali soggetto
eş: essa
köken: Inherited from Latin illaei. The formal address Lei appears in the 16th century in connection with Signoria (“Lordship”), Eccellenza (“Excellency”), Santità (“Holiness”) and Magnificenza, alongside Voi.
1320, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Amadeo Augusto Lange (1788), page 161
La banana di Stranalandia è alla base dell’economia dell’isola. Senza di lei la vita qui sarebbe molto dura.