Where does “Alison” come from?

Alison comes from Old French Aliz, a diminutive form whose ultimate origin and meaning remain uncertain.

Ancestry of “Alison”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishAlisoun—
2Old FrenchAlison—
3Old FrenchAliz—
4Proto-Basque-ali—
5Old High Germansazzo—
6Proto-Germanic*sittjan—
7Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
8Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “Alison”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sitjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *sittjan →