Etymology

alure

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Today it means: A walkway or passageway. Full definition →

Middle English alure ← Old French alure
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromalure
  2. Middle English · inherited fromalure
  3. English todayalure

From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) + -ure (modern French aller).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishalure all →

allure

Old Frenchalure all →

allure

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