Etymology

al-

Middle English al- ← Old English æl- ← Proto-West Germanic *ala-
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al- · prefix1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
  3. Proto-Germanic*allaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*ala-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*ala-
  6. Old Englishæl-
  7. Middle Englishal-
  8. English todayal-

From Middle English al-, from Old English eal-, eall- (“all-”). More at all.

al- · prefix2

  1. Latin · derived fromad-
  2. English todayal-

Assimilated form of ad- before l. From Latin ad-.

Words from the same roots

Latinad- all →

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