Etymology

alder

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Today it means: Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family. Full definition →

Middle English aldre ← Old English alor ← Proto-West Germanic *aluʀu
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alder · noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic*aluʀu
  2. Old Englishalor
  3. Middle Englishaldre
  4. English todayalder

Inherited from Middle English aldre, alder, aller, from Old English alor, from Proto-West Germanic *aluʀu, from Proto-Germanic *aluz, *alusō, *alizō, *alisō.

alder · noun2

Clipping of alderman.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishalor all →

AldershotAldridgeAldertonEllertonAlderwickAldrethAllbrookArtingstall

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