Where does “allée” come from?

allée (English) comes from French allée, from Old French alee, from Old French alé, from Old French aler, from Vulgar Latin alare — second-person singular present passive...

allée (English): An alley in a formal garden or park, bordered by...

Definitions

  1. An alley in a formal garden or park, bordered by...

Ancestry of “allée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalléepath, lane, allée; hallway; aisle
2Old Frenchaleefeminine singular of the past participle of aler;...
3Old Frenchalé—
4Old Frenchalerto go
5Vulgar Latinalaresecond-person singular present passive...
Every word from Vulgar Latin alare →Every word from Old French aler →Every word from Old French alé →