Etymology

allision

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Today it means: The striking of a vessel against a fixed object; the act of alliding or an instance thereof. Full definition →

Latin allisiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromallisiō“striking or dashing against”
  2. English todayallision

From Latin allisiō (“striking or dashing against”) (whence -ion (“noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition”)), from allīsus (“dashed or crushed against”), past participle of allīdō (“to dash or crush against”) (whence allide), from ad- (“to, toward, against”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence al- (“assimilated form of ad-”)).

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