Where does “al-” come from?

al- (English) comes from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

al- (English): Alternative form of all-

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of all-

Ancestry of “al-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →
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