Etymology

Althing

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Today it means: The national parliament of Iceland. Full definition →

Icelandic Alþingi ← Old Norse alþingi
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromalþingi
  2. Icelandic · borrowed fromAlþingi
  3. English todayAlthing

Borrowed from Icelandic Alþingi, from Old Norse alþingi, from allr (“all”) + þing (“Thing”). Compare Thing, thing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.