Etymology

aloud

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Today it means: With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. Full definition →

Middle English aloud
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromaloud
  2. English todayaloud

From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.