Etymology

reallow

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Today it means: To allow again. Full definition →

English allow ← Middle English allowen ← Anglo-Norman alouer
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latinallaudō
  7. Old Frenchaloer
  8. Latinallocō
  9. Old Frenchaloer
  10. Anglo-Normanalouer
  11. Middle Englishallowen
  12. Englishallow
  13. English todayreallow

From re- + allow.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.