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Where does “alelike” come from?

alelike (English) comes from English ale, from Italian alé, from French allez, from French aller, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

alelike (English): Resembling ale or some aspect of it

Definitions

  1. Resembling ale or some aspect of it

Ancestry of “alelike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaleA beer made without hops; A beer produced by...
2Italianalélet's go!, come on!
3Frenchallezsecond-person plural present indicative of aller;...
4Frenchallerto go; to be going ; will soon; to be
5Latinīre—
6Proto-ItaliceōI go
7Proto-Italicejō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →