Etymology

als

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Middle English als ← Old English eallswā ← Proto-West Germanic *allswā
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*allswā
  2. Old English · inherited fromeallswā
  3. Middle English · inherited fromals
  4. English todayals

From Middle English als, variant of alse, alsa, also, from Old English eallswā, from Proto-West Germanic *allswā. More at also.

Words from the same roots

Old Englisheallswā all →

asalso

Proto-West Germanic*allswā all →

also

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.