Where does “all eyes” come from?

all eyes (English) comes from English all, from Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic all, from Proto-Germanic allaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

all eyes (English): Watching alertly or attentively; Having prominent...

Definitions

  1. Watching alertly or attentively; Having prominent...

Ancestry of “all eyes”, step by step

all eyes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English all

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishallEvery individual or anything of the given class,...
2Middle Englishallall; all, every
3Old Englisheallall; whole, entire; everything
4Proto-West Germanicallall
5Proto-Germanicallazall
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

via English eyes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englisheyesplural of eye; Third-person singular simple...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—

Words derived from “all eyes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Proto-Germanic allaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic all →