Etymology

allemande

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Today it means: A popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement. Full definition →

French allemande
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  1. French · borrowed fromallemande
  2. French · borrowed fromallemande
  3. English todayallemande

Borrowed from French allemande (“German (dance)”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.