Etymology

Alemannic

A1L1E1M3A1N1N1I1C3

Today it means: Of or relating to the Alemannic language or dialect group. Full definition →

Latin Alemannicus ← Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*Alamanniz
  2. Latin · derived fromAlemannī“the confederation of German tribes related to Suebi who lived near the upper reaches of the Danube”
  3. Latin · derived fromAlemannicus
  4. English todayAlemannic

From Latin Alemannicus, from Latin Alemannī (“the confederation of German tribes related to Suebi who lived near the upper reaches of the Danube”), from Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz, corresponding to *allaz + *mann-.

Words from the same roots

LatinAlemannī all →

Alemanni

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.