alert

alert · adjective, noun¹

1. Italian · derived fromall'erta“to the height”
2. French · borrowed fromalerte“alert”
3. English todayalert

From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).

alert · verb²

Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adjective). Compare French alerter.

Alert · proper noun³

After HMS Alert