Where does “alegge” come from?
alegge (English) comes from Old French alegier, from Latin allegō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
alegge (English): To allay or alleviate; to lighten
Definitions
- To allay or alleviate; to lighten
Ancestry of “alegge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | alegier | to acquit; to remove, to get rid of; to lessen;... |
| 2 | Latin | allegō | to select, choose, recruit, elect or admit (to or into something) |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |