Etymology

alose

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Today it means: European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis. Full definition →

French alose ← Latin alausa ← Gaulish *alausa
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  1. Gaulish · derived from*alausa
  2. Latin · derived fromalausa
  3. French · borrowed fromalose
  4. English todayalose

Borrowed from French alose, from Latin alausa, from unattested Gaulish *alausa. Cognate with German Alse.

Words from the same roots

Frenchalose all →

alewife

Latinalausa all →

alosa

Gaulish*alausa all →

alosa

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.